The Ultimate Writing Starter Kit For People with Full-Time Jobs

#10 Don’t stress if it’s good or not. People really don’t care

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A guy I met at a networking event asked if we could meet for coffee. He wanted to talk about writing. I was over the moon! Does someone want writing advice from moi? I thought he’d come with a boatload of questions.

He only asked one.

How the heck do you do it, man?!

He meant, how do I write online with a full-time job?

Here’s what I told him.

1.) Write before the light arrives

I get it. Who has the time to write? I didn’t when I started.

Everything changed when I copied Toni Morrison’s writing routine. By the way, she also wrote her first few novels while keeping a full-time job. What did she do? She wrote before sunrise. Before all the distractions. Before she had to clock into her day job. Before her kids woke up.

“Being before the light arrives” is how she describes it.

I recommend 5 am in the morning, but I know many writers that get it done late at night.

2.) Read, read, read. Then keep reading