{"id":2709,"date":"2023-05-18T04:34:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T04:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2023-05-13T20:56:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T20:56:40","slug":"writing-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/writing-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Every Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Most people will tell you that if you\u2019re serious about writing, you have to do it every day, or at least so many days a week.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t. I tend to be more of a binge writer.<\/p>\n

After more than thirty years of writing fiction seriously (with the intent to publish), I\u2019ve found that I\u2019m not a person who can write in half-hour increments. I need a solid block of time to let me sink into the world I\u2019m inhabiting for the story before the movie starts running in my head.<\/p>\n

When I\u2019m in the groove, I can try to write 500 words a day if I\u2019m in the first half of the book or story, or 1,000 words in the second half. Most days I will do more than that.<\/p>\n

Family and events can intervene. I\u2019ll go for a week, or two, or three doing almost no writing. But once I have the time and space again, I settle in and get back to business.<\/p>\n

I also sometimes just have to take breaks to \u2018refill the bucket.\u2019 After emptying my brain onto the page so many times in a row, it gets tired and wants a break. Time to let the synapses rest and to refill the creative bucket.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t see it as a right or wrong way to write. It\u2019s my way to write. I\u2019ve been doing it for some 30 years now and I\u2019ve managed to crank out more than 20 novels, half a dozen novellas, and dozens of short stories. That\u2019s my method and I\u2019m sticking with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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