My Tuesday as a Writer
Photo by Fern M. Lomibao on Unsplash For this week's blog, I want to continue writing about the writing process. Much of writing is about discipline. I know that is often said-- but it really is. Whatever big idea a person has-- building a house, building a city, solving a world problem, writing a book-- requires vision and discipline. Writing a book-- in my case, a novel, can take years. My novels tend to be 60,000 to 80,000 words requiring multiple drafts. Some authors are able to write a book in one year or even just a few months. There are many factors that impact that. One of the major ones is time. I do not have a spouse that brings in a pay check large enough for me to not have a traditional job and focus on my writing. I am not married at all at this point-- but even if I were, would prefer to keep a traditional job and write. Why? That is a topic for another blog. Now in my forties, I have had t