https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/time-management/1930/effective-writing---using-a-schedule-triggering-creativity-and-more---articleen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/time-management/1930/effective-writing---using-a-schedule-triggering-creativity-and-more---articleThu, 18 May 2017 12:47:31 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:05bd22c7-0d51-4e0b-a7ba-0022e652c9eeBob Martinhttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/time-management/1930/effective-writing---using-a-schedule-triggering-creativity-and-more---article#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Time Management by Bob Martin on 5/18/2017 12:47:31 PM<br /> <p>I don&rsquo;t write every day. Some days, I get up early in the morning with an idea I&rsquo;ve thought about during the night and I start writing. Before I know it, it&rsquo;s evening, and the whole day has gone by. Other times, I don&rsquo;t write for days. Some people are much more disciplined about writing, but I think we&rsquo;re all different. Just like different study habits can be effective for different people, there are a lot of different writing habits that can work. If you watch people in a classroom, you&rsquo;ll see there are people who take copious notes and people who sit back and just take it in. I&rsquo;m one of those people who just takes it in.</p> <p>So here&rsquo;s a writing habit that works for me. If it doesn&rsquo;t work for you, that&rsquo;s all right; different habits work better for different people.</p> <p>I think about the book I&rsquo;m writing constantly. I create a playlist on my iPod with songs that remind me of different parts of the book. The playlist for <em>Children of Abraham</em> included &ldquo;New York, New York&rdquo; by Frank Sinatra, because some of it took place in New York. It included &ldquo;Be My Hero&rdquo; by Enrique Iglesias, because there was a particular scene where that fit. I played my playlist constantly, because it inspired my creative juices. The music reminded me that I was writing a book and kept me thinking about it until I arrived at solutions to whatever narrative problems I had at the time. Even if you paint yourself into a corner, there&rsquo;s always a way to get out&mdash;you just have to think about it long enough.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: article, fiction, Nonfiction</div> https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/time-management/1930/effective-writing---using-a-schedule-triggering-creativity-and-more---article/revision/1Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:05bd22c7-0d51-4e0b-a7ba-0022e652c9eeBob Martinhttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/time-management/1930/effective-writing---using-a-schedule-triggering-creativity-and-more---article#commentsRevision 1 posted to Time Management by Bob Martin on 12/14/2016 12:00:00 AM<br /> <p>I don’t write every day. Some days, I get up early in the morning with an idea I’ve thought about during the night and I start writing. Before I know it, it’s evening, and the whole day has gone by. Other times, I don’t write for days. Some people are much more disciplined about writing, but I think we’re all different. Just like different study habits can be effective for different people, there are a lot of different writing habits that can work. If you watch people in a classroom, you’ll see there are people who take copious notes and people who sit back and just take it in. I’m one of those people who just takes it in. </p> <p>So here’s a writing habit that works for me. If it doesn’t work for you, that’s all right; different habits work better for different people. </p> <p>I think about the book I’m writing constantly. I create a playlist on my iPod with songs that remind me of different parts of the book. The playlist for <em>Children of Abraham</em> included “New York, New York” by Frank Sinatra, because some of it took place in New York. It included “Be My Hero” by Enrique Iglesias, because there was a particular scene where that fit. I played my playlist constantly, because it inspired my creative juices. The music reminded me that I was writing a book and kept me thinking about it until I arrived at solutions to whatever narrative problems I had at the time. Even if you paint yourself into a corner, there’s always a way to get out—you just have to think about it long enough. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: article, fiction, Nonfiction</div>