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Writing Time

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Photo by  Nick Hillier  on  Unsplash Writing is very time consuming. First we must clean the house, make meals, get some tea, charge the laptop or find a pen. Writing takes time because we have a process. We do not just grab our writing tool and start, no we light a candle, we get into a comfy chair and have lots of light. We find an outlet. We form a ritual in which we find ourselves creatively writing. We need all our things in the right place. Most of us writers have a place we love to write. Sometimes it is a coffee house, sometimes a chair, but whatever it is, writing is time consuming. Many famous writers have said you need to do 30 min each morning, but what if you are a night person? They have also said have no distractions, but some of us like music playing while we write. People have told us how to write well, better, longer and whatever else for years. We do not have to follow their advice. I know one author who wrote a book thinking no one would ever publish it