What is your writing routine?

by Debbie Ellen
12th January 2014

What do you usually do when you sit down to write?

Do you have tea? Biscuits? The TV on/muted? The radio on?

Do you start by re-reading what you last wrote?

Do you head to your plan first or do you just pick up from where you left off?

This is purely for my interest ^_^

Debbie x

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Nothing like a deadline to create the need to sit down and write. This was why Nanowrimo was so good for me. I knuckled down to write about 2000 words per day, and found after lunch the best time, when everyone else had taken a nap. I knew I had to put the words down before they all got up again and found more 'interesting' things to do. It worked. So far I've entered twice and finished on time.

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Margaret Wilson
01/02/2014

The Tv on or muted, it's not a matter, but I have to hear some noise, some life (cars, birds, our neighbor's dog) so I open the window in my room.

A sandwich or a soda and some biscuits are generally highly needed.

I can read what I wrote but most of the time (and especially when new ideas are rumbling in my head) I just jot down in any place. After that I can organize it.

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Mehdi Kasbel
14/01/2014

The Tv on or muted, it's not a matter, but I have to hear some noise, some life (cars, birds, our neighbor's dog) so I open the window in my room.

A sandwich or a soda and some biscuits are generally highly needed.

I can read what I wrote but most of the time (and especially when new ideas are rumbling in my head) I just jot down in any place. After that I can organize it.

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Mehdi
Kasbel
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Historical
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Mehdi Kasbel
14/01/2014