One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Deadlines are meant to be broken. And I just keep breaking them.
I've never been good with deadlines. My early novels, I wrote by myself. No one knew I was writing a novel; I didn't have a contract.
When you wait to the last minute, you rush to get things done, and the closer you get to the deadline, the less options you have.
I crave deadlines. If I don't have a deadline, I become a total slacker, which is why I always have so much on my plate.
You put deadlines on people you really don't want, because that's how you feel about them.
I write pretty much year-round, but I definitely do more when a deadline is looming.
Having deadlines helps because people are constantly breathing down my neck, and tapping their toes waiting for pages. So I just have to work nine to five. If I didn't have deadlines then I might be more of a golden hour kind of guy, writing from eight to noon and calling it a day, but that's just not the way I work right now.
I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.
The only deadline is the one I give myself.
There are always deadlines I have to meet. I don't let myself get too close to the deadlines, so it's not like I'm just sweating bullets or anything if the clock is ticking. I never let myself get in that situation.