Flickr: IMG_4240.jpg By Sebastian Wallroth per Wikipedia
Hemingway wrote standing up. Capote called himself a “horizontal author” preferring his bed or couch to write. Victor Hugo (Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame) wrote in the nude. He had servants hide his clothes to insure he wouldn’t leave his residence.
What about you? Do you have any MUST DO rituals when you start your writing day or when you start or end a book?
CAUTION: If you are a Victor Hugo admirer, DO NOT post photos.)
I’m doing the 25 minute fiction strategy: Write for a scene for 25 minutes, break for 5, then write again for 25 minutes. Usually, I do a Just Dance for the 5 minute break, hehe.
That one is new to me. I’m liking the Just Dance break, Jee Ann. Ha!
Apparently I got the math question wrong and the blog ate my response. The ‘back’ button doesn’t save your comments. Boo Hoo. And, of course, this is the one morning I didn’t copy my comment before hitting ‘post’ so it’s gone. It was brilliant.
But, basically, the Cliff Notes version: ‘business and fun first’, then make fixes based on what I printed out and read and marked up the night before, then write to my word count, with breaks to ‘head write’ when things slow down or I have to figure out why the heck Colfax showed up at Ed’s office and what was on the piece of paper he handed him.
I’m revisiting my school math days to leave comments here. I hate when I lose comments, Terry. Thanks for hanging in.
My process is similar to yours. I’m a morning writer. My creative brain works best in a.m. thru 3pm.
1) Remove cat from keyboard.
2) Remove cat from lap.
3) Remove cat from keyboard.
4) Remove cat from lap.
5) Yell at cat (gently).
Rinse, lather, repeat.
Come on. Cats are born writers. MewmewMuse
I need to be in baggy, comfortable sweatpants. If I’m not cozy comfy, I can’t think.
Good idea. Going out to buy some.
Got to have the TV on. Usually to news. It is so banal that I get to writing just to tune it out.
Hi
I make a good coffee, check my Facebook and email first to get those out of the way, then I read The Killzone blog for inspiration and sometimes another author blog… then I can start.
Cheers