When I come home, I usually grade papers, work on novel-related projects, and spend time with my fiancé. I have to budget my time; it’s just a necessity. My career has its own schedule, calendar, and set of deadlines. As a result, managing my work life is often easier than finding the time to manage my writing projects.
Until a few weeks ago, I tried to write every day. For two years, I wrote in the morning. Last year, I wrote in the evenings.
In a previous post, I explored the benefits of sitting in one place for six straight hours and writing fiction. I talked about my first six-hour session and why I chose to write in a cafe of all places.
One of the largest findings from my six-hour Saturday session was how incredibly happy I felt. This made sense. After all, writing is, to me, one of the best activities that a human being can choose to do.
Take-Aways from Today’s Session
Today, I wrote chapters for The Staghorn Crown, my serial novel for patrons on Patreon. I found the five-hour session was useful. Here are some take-aways:
- I walked into the cafe with a blank page and an empty stomach. I walked out, five hours later, with a sandwich, two coffees, and 3,500 words of useable material.
- The hour I spent revising felt easier than usual, as I had created solid fiction during the previous five hours.
- Fewer passages needed pruning.
- Scene-to-scene continuity was clearer.
- I felt accomplished earlier in the day.
- My writing deadlines are now impossible to miss.
- My fiancé, who also happens to edit The Staghorn Crown seems to like this new approach as it frees up time during the week for us to enjoy each other’s company.
- I’m happy.
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