The Writing Life How To Build Your Writing Routine - with Megan Bradbury
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Dec 7, 2022 Novelist and NCW tutor Megan Bradbury shares strategies for building a writing routine, including dealing with avoidance excuses and using noise-canceling headphones. She discusses the importance of balancing creativity and structure in writing, finding one's own writing style, and creating a writing routine while balancing domestic life. The chapter explores practical tips for setting boundaries, maintaining inspiration, and embracing organic ideas.
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Library Residency Sparked Serious Writing
- Megan found a turning point in 2008 when living in New York and then moving to Edinburgh gave her the distance to focus and schedule serious writing time.
- Using the National Library of Scotland as a dedicated place to work transformed her habit, making research access and being among scholars inspiring and productive.
Schedule Protected Writing Time
- Schedule protected writing time and treat it as non-negotiable so others know not to interrupt you.
- Even short, realistic slots work; declaring the time signals commitment and reserves space amid work, family, or other demands.
Keep A Toe In With Text-to-Speech
- Keep a 'toe in' with writing when time is limited by listening to drafts via text-to-speech during walks or childcare moments.
- Megan uses Speechify to listen to rough drafts while pushing her baby in a pram to sustain project thinking between sittings.