I've been slogging through a first draft of a book for awhile now.  It's made me ponder which is the best way to write that initial story down.

I wrote my first book chronologically.  Of course, I left a lot out and so I ended up going back through it a million times to add new scenes, new characters and the setting (seriously, my MC mostly lived in a bubble that first draft).  My first draft was more of a glorified outline.  One that was missing half the story.

This time around, though, I'm all over the place.  I wrote the middle of the book first, then wrote the beginning (which I threw out and rewrote), and now I'm trying to write the ending and weave it in with the beginning and middle I have.  Though this time around I'm taking more time to work through the plot, so I don't have to do what I did the first time and go through a million or more drafts to get a real working first draft finished.

First drafts are HARD for me.

I'm curious to know how everyone else works on their first drafts.  Anyone care to share what works for them?  Because I'm not sure I've found the right way to write yet.  In fact, I'm sure of it.  Please share your first draft process with me!