Tony McFadden
"Inspired"?
It's a job. It's a job I love, but it's a job. If you wait to get "inspired", you'll never finish anything.
I don't adhere to the "write every day" rule because there are stages of creating a book where you're NOT writing. You need to plot, and research and plan.
Of course there are days where the words flow and the draft is close to perfect, but they are few and far between. Even on the days you don't want to write, if there's a draft that needs to be written, write.
It's a job. It's a job I love, but it's a job. If you wait to get "inspired", you'll never finish anything.
I don't adhere to the "write every day" rule because there are stages of creating a book where you're NOT writing. You need to plot, and research and plan.
Of course there are days where the words flow and the draft is close to perfect, but they are few and far between. Even on the days you don't want to write, if there's a draft that needs to be written, write.
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I've love to see how you lay out a book; do you start with an outline of the plot? Do you have a sheet describing every character? What process d ...more
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