Interviews / Journalists Interview with A.J. Jacobs: “I don’t have a word count so much as a time count.”
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Piers Torday: “I try to avoid ever writing more than 1000 words a day.”
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Eleni Kyriacou: “Read everything, but especially in the genre you’re writing in.”
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Hannah Nordhaus: “Since COVID, I’ve struggled to have a regular routine.”
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Joshua Furst: “Every work of fiction builds out of a series of decisions.”
Interviews Interview with Randal O’Wain: “If I never sit down in the chair then nothing will happen.”
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Sophie Saint Thomas: “I allow the first draft to be as messy as possible.”
Interviews Interview with Michael J. Seidlinger: “I’d like to think it’s more like a form of therapy.”
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Steve Almond: “What matters is the ability to arrest your attention in the midst of distraction.”
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Peter Ho Davies: “Brief interruptions seem to be part of my writing process.”
Interviews Interview with Margot Livesey: “As I get further along, the word count usually goes down.”
Interviews Interview with Rebecca van Laer: “The more time I spend away from the project, the better.”
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Greg Donahue: “I just need to step away to have any chance of unlocking it.”
Essayists / Interviews / Novelists Interview with Ethel Rohan: “I find handwriting frees the subconscious and restarts flow.”
Interviews Interview with Hermione Hoby: “Writing can’t be quantified, and certainly not by word count.”
Interviews Interview with Todd Henry: “Moving my fingers on the keys is the best way to unlock ideas.”
Writing Routines Joseph Heller’s Writing Routine: “I feel that these ideas are floating around in the air and they pick me to settle upon.”
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Attica Locke: “My goal is to just show up to work and go as long as I can.”
Writing Routines Jeffrey Archer’s Writing Routine: “You can never tell when and where inspiration will strike.”
Interviews / Journalists Interview with Ted Conover: “Writing is still hard for me, but it gets easier if I stick to a routine.”
Interviews Interview with Sareeta Domingo: “Persevere, and choose projects in which you have the utmost belief.”
Writing Routines Gillian Flynn’s Writing Routine: “There’s no muse that’s going to come down and bestow upon you the mood to write.”
Interviews / Novelists Interview with Michael Arditti: “My own process is one of constant refining and polishing.”
