You stole my story and something's got to be done about it.
If there__ a single idea I emphasize when people ask about writing, it__ that there__ no right way to produce a book. But I do think that whatever you do, you should do regularly, whether it__ waking up at midnight and drinking vodka or waking up at dawn and drinking tea, whether it__ sitting in a monkish study or writing on the back of a flatbed truck. The analogy I like is children__ literature: in a lot of children__ books, there__ a huge institutional structure (Hogwarts, for example) whose presiding safety allows the children__ imagination to run free. The more consistent your habits are _ and this ties into having your tools nailed down _ the more secure your brain will be to run free and create.
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If there__ a single idea I emphasize when people ask about writing, it__ that there__ no right way to produce a book. But I do think that whatever you do, you should do regularly, whether it__ waking up at midnight and drinking vodka or waking up at dawn and drinking tea, whether it__ sitting in a monkish study or writing on the back of a flatbed truck. The analogy I like is children__ literature: in a lot of children__ books, there__ a huge institutional structure (Hogwarts, for example) whose presiding safety allows the children__ imagination to run free. The more consistent your habits are _ and this ties into having your tools nailed down _ the more secure your brain will be to run free and create.
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