Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Author Ann Patchett (writer of Bel Canto) makes writing her "job"


As a freelance writer, one doesn't have to sit and write for 8 hours a day. It IS a job, writers insist, as they walk out the door in the middle of the day to go to a movie or meet a friend for lunch and shopping. But, studies show more actual hours writing do produce more actual pages written. Imagine!

In this article from the Washington Post, Patchett explains how she changed her focus and now keeps at it during the day when other more pressing matters seem constantly at hand, well, at least for 32 days.

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