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One piece of advice I often give to new writers is to read books and articles about writing regularly. Of course, it would be easy to spend so much time studying such writing advice that one didn’t actually have time to write, but it is important to devote some time on a regular basis to hearing what works for other writers. No one can offer a formula that will exactly work for you, but at the
Kelly Herold over at Big A little a posed an important question about writing the other day:
I have a writing question for you all: How do you make space for writing? I don't mean physical space--not a room, a desk, a corner. I mean mental space.
Every writer has to confront this question eventually, especially on days when time itself seems to shrink, leaving less and less time for writing.
Time to write, as much a question of self-discipline as of other commitments. It's always interesting to see what some of my familiar authors have to say about this, and these included Brooks, Konigsburg and Hopkins in your panel. Twelve hours a day for Brooks, wow, that's intense. He writes such a range of books, too, intense stories like "The Moves Make the Man," "What Hearts," and "Midnight
Jack,The Aeneid, indeed. Brooks is amazing.You've raised an interesting topic for a future post: which books do writers turn to for inspiration? Probably just as important a question as how a writer finds time to write.
Bruce: This is AWESOME! I'm linking to it now in part 3 of my roundup. Thanks :)
Kelly sent me. Great post!I find that the time I need to write varies with the kind of writing it is. Rough draft time is the hardest time to find, because it needs to be uninterrupted (and because I struggle with how slow it is.) Editing time is the easiest, because I can do it in little snatches, and I feel like I'm making progress the whole time. Poetry time is the most rewarding, because it
Kelly, thanks so much for starting the discussion!And Sara, many thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. I love the way you describe poetry time... the idea of words being able to make time stand still. And, of course, the surprise of what appears on the page... sometimes when you least expect it.