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Write every day. Habits are things you get for free, without requiring any special work. Set a daily word target. Make it small. 75 words a day is a novel a year. Finish in the middle of a sentence, so you can type three or four words the next day without having to be “creative.” Don’t get in the habit of only writing when there’s some ritual that’s been satisfied — the right music, a clean apartment, whatever.
Especially don’t get in the habit of writing while smoking or boozing. Don’t hook the thing that makes you sane and whole to something that’s killing you. Write even when you feel like it’s shit. You can’t tell what’s good and what’s bad while you’re writing it. Don’t ever rewrite until the whole thing is done. Once you start thinking about what you’re writing, you lose the ability to stop writing it.
Especially don’t get in the habit of writing while smoking or boozing. Don’t hook the thing that makes you sane and whole to something that’s killing you. Write even when you feel like it’s shit. You can’t tell what’s good and what’s bad while you’re writing it. Don’t ever rewrite until the whole thing is done. Once you start thinking about what you’re writing, you lose the ability to stop writing it.
Cory Doctorow’s advice to writers
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