Oh, I misunderstood the original question about writing process and writing like certain authors, too. In the first response I posted on the last thread that disappeared, I talked about how I used to unintentionall y emulate authors whose work I'd been reading a lot of. When I first got into Harry Potter and was obsessively reading and rereading the first four books while waiting for the fifth one to come out, I started using some of JK Rowling's techniques, such as parenthetical inserts in the middle of sentences. Similarly, when I was reading a lot of Stephen King, I found myself describing settings in more detail, like he does.
I haven't intentionally set out to follow a specific writer's process, but I've definitely picked up tricks and habits from different writers over the years, both published authors and other fanfic authors. I read Stephen King's book "On Writing" years ago, so I know I've gotten advice from him. If I remember correctly, he's one of those authors who writes every morning. I'm a night owl and used to do most of my writing late at night, but a few years ago, I started writing every morning instead. I've found that it's easier to stay consistent if I do it first thing in the morning, before I get too distracted by anything else. If I wait until after work, I'm usually too tired and brain dead to do anything that requires mental effort or creativity, so I write before work when my mind is fresh. I don't set a daily word count goal like Stephen King does, mostly because I usually only have 20-30 minutes to write while I'm getting ready for work. If I can get 100 words written in that time, great! On weekends when I have more time, I try to get more like 1000 words written. Sometimes I'm way over that, and sometimes I'm way under. My goal is really just to write at least one word a day to stay consistent with it. I hit Day 1225 of my daily writing streak yesterday!
I started tracking my daily word count on NaNoWriMo a few years ago, thanks to a suggestion from Dee. I'm sad because the site just shut down earlier this week, and I lost all my stats. I found another site called TrackBear that is similar, so I may start using that instead.
Another habit I've gotten from other writers is celebrating with a glass of wine when I finish a novel. It doesn't happen very often because I write such long stories LOL.