The Mystery of Writing Techniques

What is the best technique for writing? Should you close your eyes and let your mind take you where it needs to be to find peace? Or should you spend consecutive hours each week planning out exactly what to write? Is revision the key in great works of literature? Or should minimal changes be made in order to protect the sacredness of the original piece? I have never actually written anything worth reading nor have I finished anything that may be worth reading, so how should I know? If I ever do, I’ll let you know. But if any of you have, I encourage you to weigh in and help me solve this mystery.

PS - look for the next post, it is going to be very superb:)