tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110107012766586348.post1386812719450096245..comments2023-08-10T03:12:36.037-07:00Comments on LKWatts Confessions: Do Writers Need Routines?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110107012766586348.post-31549476668507530612012-06-23T01:50:08.444-07:002012-06-23T01:50:08.444-07:00John,
That's some good advice indeed; it'...John,<br /><br />That's some good advice indeed; it's all about trial and error.<br /><br />Julia,<br /><br />Thanks for sharing with us your routine. You sound a very busy person but if you're committed to writing then it has to be done.LK Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09366991733427612418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110107012766586348.post-79144585237894832272012-06-22T18:44:19.852-07:002012-06-22T18:44:19.852-07:00Jim, I completely agree with your comment, "T...Jim, I completely agree with your comment, "The hardest thing is finding out what’s natural for you. That usually comes through trial and error, mimicking others, seeing what’s a good fit and rejecting what’s not and gradually building up your own way." I found what's natural can change over time as well.<br /><br />LK, obviously it depends on the person. The important thing is a writer write. I do both routine and free writing. In the morning, before work, I routinely work on my novel and in the afternoon, after I get home from work, I'll write something else, whatever I want. It might be a temporary project I'm passionate about at the time or something that has a deadline, like my weekly blog posts. It's a good system, because when my novel, which is hard work, isn’t satisfying I can use the afternoon writing to lift my spirits. I'll also write when I'm at work on my breaks or whenever a thought pops into my head I'll jot something down. It's really a 24/7 thing for me. I have trouble turning it off.Julia Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288533332574771104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110107012766586348.post-46475937008008892222012-06-22T14:43:13.834-07:002012-06-22T14:43:13.834-07:00I advise any new or emerging writers to explore po...I advise any new or emerging writers to explore possible habits and routines. I certainly utilize them. There are authors who can work on the go, in any environment and chance at free time. If I recall, recently Cory Doctorow said he wrote that way, and he's made a fine career from that process.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110107012766586348.post-74172080362872341092012-06-20T04:31:56.713-07:002012-06-20T04:31:56.713-07:00Hi Jim,
Thanks for commenting. You sound like you...Hi Jim,<br /><br />Thanks for commenting. You sound like you're a very busy person.<br />I totally agree with your last paragraph, it is all about experimentation. That's what my last year has been all about anyway - that and writing my next book.LK Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09366991733427612418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110107012766586348.post-25583264665228186782012-06-19T10:23:49.277-07:002012-06-19T10:23:49.277-07:00I would like to keep a strict routine but have fou...I would like to keep a strict routine but have found this difficult due to health issues over the last few years. Prior to that I was working fulltime and long hours to boot so things got written whenever they got written. I do stick to a schedule as best I can. I aim for three hours in the morning, four in the afternoon and one after tea and that’s seven days a week. I’ve started to include a half hour walk most mornings if it’s not chucking it down which happens less often than people might imagine although we have gone through a rainy patch recently. Mornings I devote to reading and commenting on blogs, Facebook, answering e-mails and basic grunt work, submissions, that kind of thing; after lunch I do all my creative writing and read and after tea whatever I find myself in the mood for but by then I’m winding down. This evening I’m catching up on commenting. I have never been very good at planning my novel writing; it comes in clumps and basically everything else gets pushed to the side to accommodate it. The same with the poems. They, more than anything, else some when they will. <br /><br />There is no right way to do this writing malarkey. The worst thing you can do is compare yourself to some other writer. The hardest thing is finding out what’s natural for you. That usually comes through trial and error, mimicking others, seeing what’s a good fit and rejecting what’s not and gradually building up your own way.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com