The current issue (November/December 2012) of Writer’s Digest has a feature called “Inside the Creative Process for Real Writers” in which a number of writers discuss aspects of the creative process. One of those writers, Joanna Castle Miller, is a member of my writers group, and she has a great piece beginning on page 30 called, “The Value of Failing (From Someone Who Never Did)” which I urge you to go check out.

And as an added bonus, there is an interview with George R. R. Martin in the issue in which he talks exclusively about his writing process. Also worth checking out.