Tag: Writing
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Start with One True Sentence
Ernest Hemingway published seven novels and numerous collections of writings over the course of his life. But did he ever have trouble creating? He wrote in his book A Moving Beast: Sometimes when I was starting a new story and could not get it going, I would sit in front of the fire and squeeze the…
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Haruki Murakami’s Writing Habit
From The Paris Review, Summer 2004: When I’m in writing mode for a novel, I get up at 4:00 am and work for five to six hours. In the afternoon, I run for 10km or swim for 1500m (or do both), then I read a bit and listen to some music. I go to bed…
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Brick by Brick
For 40 weeks now, I have sharing three interesting stories/ideas in my newsletter. I plan to keep it up. One challenge I consistently run into is that I don’t have the stories early enough in the week so the last couple of days becomes stressful. Sometimes my full-time job gets busy, and other things happens…