To use the phrase “my process” is engaging in myth-making.
Certainly I have tendencies in my work. But my process is entirely and very specifically dependent on the work I’m doing.
Writing my book required an entirely different process than the daily writing I do here. It needed different things from me.
I’m actively working on a choral composition commission right now, and my creative process is so different (and consistent) than my process when I’m writing a vocal jazz arrangement. I need different things out of my process, so it’s different.
Preparing for and leading rehearsals for my high school ensemble has similarities but also profound differences from the same work with my collegiate ensemble. And different again from working with a non-academic ensemble. They need different things, and I need different tools at the ready.
I love having a process. It exists to help me drop into the right mindset to do my work. But the process must be responsive to the work itself, and so it’s never the same.