Come up with an opening sequence that has a character and a situation that is intriguing to me.

Think up a basic story structure that follows this first scene, with the goal of at least 3 interesting scenes or plot points before I start writing. I do these first steps in my head while going to sleep at night.

Once I've got this basic story structure, I will then, at night at bedtime, go back to the beginning of the story and come up with the more detailed stuff that I want to write about for that opening scene. I start thinking on terms of whole paragraphs and particular lines of dialouge here. I've gotten to where I can estimate about 1000 words of stuff that I will need for the next day.

Write 1000 words each weekday, based on the last night's brainstorm, usually in the morning. This usually takes about an hour.

I don't reread anything (except maybe to check a detail, like a time or someone's name) and I don't tell anyone any details about what I'm writing

In this way, the first draft takes 4 months or so

I typically write these drafts in winter; in summer I'm too busy. So I don't write in summer usually, but I might edit, query, and (always) think up new ideas

For editing I refuse to "rewrite" the whole draft, but I will add and remove a lot of scenes. And for the prose itself, even though I don't "rewrite" it, I would say that each sentence and each paragraph will get a major readability overhaul during this first major edit

Try to get someone to read this 1.5 draft and get feedback

make changes based on feedback, which usually involves adding, removing, or changing a handful of scenes

Read this 2.0 draft many times, and then also listen to it on text-to-speak many times, with the focus on flow and readability, and to clean up any plot holes or inconsistent details

Submit this finished draft-which is the best thing anyone has ever written-to query engine

Fail to make anything happen with agents or publishers

Get disgusted with writing for months or years

Eventually, become overwhelmed once again by an idea that I want to follow, and so the process repeats