Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write. I have candles going, and small objects that remind me of what I am working on, or bring me into the world of the character.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Writing is a kind of performing art, and I can't sit down to write unless I'm dressed. I don't mean dressed in a suit, but dressed well and comfortably and I have to be shaved and bathed.
When you're writing, you're conjuring. It's a ritual, and you need to be brave and respectful and sometimes get out of the way of whatever it is that you're inviting into the room.
And sometimes I sit down to write, because that is what I like to do more and more in the future.
The main thing about writing is... writing. Sitting your butt down in the chair and doing the work.
The tough thing about writing is you go into a room alone, you close the door and you do your work.
I try very hard to write in a very orderly and continual disciplined manner.
I never sit down to write. When I'm moved, I do it. I just wait for it to come. You just hear it. I can't really describe writing. It's in my head.
No special writing rituals. And my desk is usually cluttered.
I never sit down and write. I just sorta let things form in my brain.
When I sit at my table to write, I never know what it's going to be until I'm under way. I trust in inspiration, which sometimes comes and sometimes doesn't. But I don't sit back waiting for it. I work every day.