Okay, today is about routine. I created a routine especially
for this blogging challenge and so far I’ve been very good at following through
with it, as you can see. I haven’t been late once. (Knock on wood.)
What is your routine, whether or not you’re a writer? My
routine starts with getting up in the morning. This is very important as there is no start to my day without it. I make coffee for my husband
and tea for me. I feed my little lovey-dog and commence the thinking part of
the routine. I work out most mornings, get home, check my emails, blogs, etc.
then I get busy and work on my project. Each day I try to leave my wip at a
point where it’s necessary to go back and “catch up” a bit so that I start with
where I ended the day before. I know this sounds logical, but in writing that
isn’t always what happens. Often, though I start that way, I end up working on
a piece I thought I’d finished with until the next draft. This, for me, is the
part of revising that I love. This is where the true character of my
protagonist (s) comes out and sometimes I get a big surprise. |
| This is definitely NOT my routine! |
Then, once finished for the day, I take my little Bonaparte
(little body, big ego) out for a walk before welcoming my husband home. I try
to stick to this routine each week day. The weekends I try to keep for
gardening. I say try. Because even though I love this routine, I sometimes find
that I have to revise just one thing on my wip, even on the weekend, like today, Saturday,
and I think that’s a good thing. I think it’s good to “break” any routine once
in a while. What do you think? What is your routine, and how do you like to
break it?
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