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I don’t have the most romantic view of the writing process in the world and firmly believe that the only way to write a book is to spend the time it takes to write a book. It’s so important to chip away at the task until, lo and behold, you’re finished.
What’s your weekly routine (if you have one) and how many hours do you write a week?
I do most of my writing on Wednesdays, and try to chip in at least a few hours over the weekend as well. That usually translates to about ten hours a week. I’d love for it to be more, but I gotta be making a living.
How about you?
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Since my health went downhill two years ago I write less than one hour a week. I might go several weeks or months without writing a single word. Before that I wrote six or eight hours a week. Not happy.
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thanks for sharing
I want to be writing 30-40 hours a week. It is both a blessing and a curse that I do not have a full time ‘day job’ and am a house husband, But being house husband means doing all the driving of the kids around, the cooking, the cleaning, and the home improvement projects, etc… so I get much less than I’d like, however, the real problem is I don’t seem to be able to make efficient use of the hours I do get. That’s the problem I need to solve.
In theory, I write (and research) 18 hours a week. Considering that I’m a dreadfully slow writer, it ain’t nearly enough time.