I have few if any writing routines.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I write sitting on the couch, riding in a car, sitting in an office building, in a library, in a coffee shop, in an airplane, and I don’t remember all the places where I write.<\/p>\n
I write on all types of computers and keyboards. Once I begin writing, I don’t know the keyboard is there. I write on blank paper (not even lined paper). I write on 3×5 cards. I write in notebooks.<\/p>\n
I write in MS Word. I write in some of these new no background, all-screen, text editors. I love to write using the vim ASCII programmer’s editor. I write a lot these days in Google Docs.<\/p>\n
I write in quiet places, I write with music in the background (all types), I write with talk radio in the background, I write with the chatter of a restaurant in the background.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, I have identified one routine that I tend to use more often than not:<\/p>\n
I write in one-hour sprints.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I sit in front of a computer keyboard and bang away for one hour – no more, no less. I usually bang out 1,500 words in that hour. I stop and walk away (always making a backup copy).\u00a0If I am energetic or have the time, I will do a one-hour sprint in the morning and another one in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
The result of a sprint is a draft. I will look at the draft after a few days pass.<\/p>\n
This seems to work for me. I recommend you try it. If if works for you, use it. Otherwise, forget about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Dwayne Phillips I have few if any writing routines. Here is one I use: the one-hour sprint. I recently read an excellent post on the daily routines of famous writers. I have thought about such things for years. My conclusion? I have few if any writing routines. I write sitting on the couch, riding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[128],"class_list":["post-1275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1276,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1275\/revisions\/1276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}