Comments on: The Life Of A Writer – Five things I need in order to write https://howtowriteabookthatsells.com/five-things-i-need-in-order-to-write/ Expert guidance from blank page to published book Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:34:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Stefanie https://howtowriteabookthatsells.com/five-things-i-need-in-order-to-write/#comment-93 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:34:43 +0000 http://howtowriteabookthatsells.com/?p=1538#comment-93 In reply to katehaggard.

Thanks for sharing Kate! Isn't it funny how different we are on the silence?

]]> By: katehaggard https://howtowriteabookthatsells.com/five-things-i-need-in-order-to-write/#comment-92 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:45:20 +0000 http://howtowriteabookthatsells.com/?p=1538#comment-92 1: Music. Quiet really grates on me the way loud music grates on other people. Silence is pure torture. My ears need to be entertained otherwise I get distracted by every little sound going on around me.

2. A full screen editor: I'm easily distracted. So if I see Firefox or TweetDeck in the background, I'm more likely to go clicking around on them rather than working. So the fullscreen editor in Scrivener (and on Q10 for my laptop) is a God send. No distractions means more work actually gets done.

3. Something to drink: It's my little ritual to make myself a huge glass of ice tea. Don't know exactly why, but it sends a little subliminal message to my brain that it is time to get to work. Not to mention staying hydrated helps with staying focuses.

4. Breaks: No one likes eyestrain. Since I only have one sighted eye, it goes double for me. I have to get up every 45 minutes or so to make sure my vision doesn't go all foggy. Plus it's good to stretch your legs every so often.

5. A hoodie: Mostly because I love that hoodie. I don't do much of anything without it.

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