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Reading time: 32 seconds If you’re a writer who hasn’t cracked your code, you’re not alone. It’s true for most writers. You need to identify your own unique combination of conditions, rituals, and triggers that opens the writing faucet and lets the words flow. Mine? Obvi, it starts with coffee, tea, and water at my desk... Two Pomodoros (25 min each, based on The Pomodoro Technique) Music playing (always) Read first, write second 4:30-8:00 AM (before the world wakes up) When I honor my code?...
Reading time: 26 seconds Writing is solo sport, kinda like marathon running. You sit. You type. You stare at the screen. Alone. I think that's one reason we feel like we're "blocked," the isolation doesn't lend itself to circulation (especially not of words). When I first started writing, I did not fancy myself a writer and didn't know there were other writes--just like me--trying to figure it all out. Man, was I excited to find them! (You know who you are!) I had a picture of what real...
Reading time: 26 seconds To the question, "Honorée, I'd love to write a book, but between my full-time job, kids, and everything else ... where would I find the time?" My response is: "Do you have 15 minutes?" If the answer is, "Yes," then you have time to write a book. It'll take the better part of a year, but you can do it! Here's the math: 15 minutes a day x 5 days/week x 48 weeks in a year = 250 words (totally doable!) = 1,250 words per week = 60,000 words in a year That's a (very long)...