I’m Terrible With A Rigid Writing Routine. Here’s What I Do Instead.
How to build your ideal writing routine from someone who puts the “free” in freelancer.
I’m a full-time writer, and most people (strangers, family members, and anyone outside the limited wiring industry) think I write daily.
Before I became a writer, I assumed other writers did the same.
If you look at the long list of tasks I need to complete by the end of the working week, writing every day would be the most logical thing to do.
But I’m not very good at that. I’m not good at adhering to a rigid writing routine — or, come to think of it, I’m pretty woeful at adhering to a loose writing routine.
Even though I’m obsessed with routines and use them in every other facet of my life, when it comes to writing, I can’t seem to make them work.
Every time I attempt a strict writing routine, I fall into the same rhythm; I can stick to it for one day, but by the second day, I’m re-organising my schedule, and by the third day, I’m chastising myself for having “given up.”
Here’s what I know, though—as someone who just debuted her first novel and has been writing full-time for the past seven years, there’s more than one way to write.
