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Weird writing habits – what are yours?

Published March 20, 2011 by lawsie 2 Comments

Last Updated on February 18, 2023

For as long as I’ve been writing I’ve been fascinated by the habits writers develop, and the funny little superstitions they attribute to their ongoing success.  When I started writing my first book I decided that I would smoke a large cigar while writing the first page of every book I ever wrote form that point on, but that was many years ago, and that book ground to a halt as fast as the cigar habit (thankfully) did.

These days I do all my fiction writing in a certain seat in my lounge, with the net curtain propped up so that I can stare down the street and will inspiration to wander up the pavement and strike me between the eyes.  I also like to have a small pack of Aloe Vera alcohol hand gel with me; it’s not that writing is a dirty business, it’s more that spending a few seconds staring into the middle distance while applying the gel gives me a few moments to ponder the knots that I tie my writing into.

So there are my two little writing habits, but what are yours?  I’d love to know!

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  1. stupidgirl45 says

    March 20, 2011 at 6:58 pm

    Listening to certain music to get me started! I have to force myself off social media. Oh and I seem to have written most of my WIP in bed, under the duvet, when I normally surf/use my laptop anyplace in the flat. So the duvet is my source of my inspiration. errrrrrr….that's not quite what I meant!

    Anyway great post LOL – loving the handwipes – that adds a slight OCD-ness to you!

    sg

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  2. Hilary Melton-Butcher says

    March 21, 2011 at 8:43 am

    Hi Andrew .. I seem to have books surrounding me! Constantly cross-referring and with the net ..

    But I'm not writing a book .. not sure what I'd do then ..

    Enjoy the longer days .. cheers Hilary

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