I’m not here to tell you this is effective, or that it will work for you. I truly love deadlines too, both internal or external, because they are what helps me finish a project. It has everything to do with creating something that clicks into place, that grounds itself in reality in a way even real life hardly ever manages. When I write, there’s a feeling of excitement, which has nothing to do with the theme, the plot or the feedback I might get. I love the hours-on-end that have me tired and bleary-eyed, just as I love the half-sentences I jot down while waiting in line. Regardless of whether it’s a week long break or if I’ve just come back from hastily making a tea, my fingers itching because I can feel the next words taking shape, because I know exactly what comes next. Sometimes, I don’t write for months.Īnd you know what that ensures? That I never grow bored of it. Sometimes I write until 3am with the knowledge of having to get up a few hours later. I write on my phone on the tube, during lunch break or when I’m bored while watching a movie. I wish I could follow the standard advice and write 500 words daily, write even if it’s just random stuff that won’t ever see the light of day.īut I don’t. I sometimes like to pretend otherwise, but I don’t have a writing schedule. In fits and bursts, mostly, scene fragments one evening and then an entire afternoon spent on writing 6k because everything just flows, because it works. I got asked that question recently and it took me a while to come up with a truthful answer.
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