The title is the method Stephen King recommends in his book "On Writing". Now, I really like this but sometimes I really want to ask someone their opinion on an idea or plot point before I've written it. Is this a bad idea? It feels like I'm "writing with the door closed but occasionally peeking out and asking someone what they think". Perhaps having a previous career in Marketing has conditioned me to do this. Any advice is appreciated!
I too have read King's on writing and one of my favourite quotes was:
“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy. ...this book...is a permission slip: you can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will. Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink.
Drink and be filled up.”
Till I told my mother and her nstant and withering reply was: Water's NOT free
We're all different. I like silence and no interruptions and my own space. Others write to music, or at the table surrounded by children and partners and the washing up.
What's wrong with talking about a problem in your work, if it helps? You aren't Stephen King, you're Ewan Ashford; do it your way!
Just to add to what everyone's saying, whenever I'm working on something I chat to my girlfriend and mates about it to get their points of view on where I want to take the story. They quite often give me more ideas. However when I'm physically writing it I need to be isolated from everyone for hours on end, so brainstorming and asking people's views on things is fine, it just becomes a distraction/infuriating annoyance if you're actually trying to write it and someones trying to give you their suggestions from over your shoulder.