At least half my writing time is spent researching. So for every hour I'm actually clicking on the keyboard, I'm spending another hour trying to figure out some tiny detail I need answered.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I often write in pencil on paper and then type up later. It's much quicker than using a keyboard.
To do the writing, I have to have time to do research.
During the day, if I don't have any other commitments, I'm usually at my desk writing, revising, or researching anywhere from four to six hours.
I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.
It takes a long, long time to write what I do write.
I write slowly and get distracted a lot.
My mind is constantly creating and searching, but I can't make myself put the right words on paper until I'm ready. Once I'm ready, I'm a focused, disciplined writer who will put in twelve hours a day at the computer, but I also spend a lot of time away from the computer getting to that point.
It takes me ages to write stuff.
I don't even have a computer in my office. If I had e-mail, I'd never take the time to read research or absorb information. I want to think about what I'm doing, and that takes time.
I tend to forget what I'm doing will ever be read while I'm writing it, and just get on with the task at hand.