Writer’s Blog
How To Find A Writing Partner
and why you need to have one in your life.
It blows my mind when someone tells me that they have never had a writing partner.
I cannot for the life of me figure out how you can be a functioning writer without one.
This might just be a me thing but I rely on my partner so heavily that I’m not sure I would have begun writing my novel without him.
That’s right! I’ve had my writing partner since before I began writing.
What a writing partner can do for you.
My partner and I meet up once a week on a Monday. We have access to each other's manuscripts and we read the work each week and then call to discuss recommendations, changes, or directions.
Because we meet up weekly I have a deadline for finishing projects.
I need to get that chapter done before he catches up, otherwise, he has nothing to read and I do a solo edit that week.
If I’m not writing I don’t get anything out of the relationship. This very important fact is something that keeps us both writing.
So a writing partner is great for productivity, but they are also great for feedback, revision and edits.
