Readers of this blog are generally those who want to write themselves. Many of you are aspiring writers and mostly unpublished.

I have discussed previously how some writers go about their craft and that is useful for you to know.

Recently I was reading an interesting post on the same subject but from a slightly different perspective.

What Study Hacks has done is to collect a bunch of interviews with Professional Writers ans analyse them to find out if there are common behaviour patterns of working.

He found that there were. You can read more about how to schedule your writing like a professional. In summary though this is what most seem to do:

1. Spread out work on an assignment over several days. Coming at it fresh increases its quality.
2. During these days, get up early. Probably earlier than you are used to. Say, around 7 or 8 am. (This means these days will be weekdays, probably early in the week so you can avoid temptations to party the night before).
3. Have a mini-ritual to jump start the day. It should probably involve coffee. Breakfast. Maybe the morning paper. Don’t take too long.
4. Go to the most isolated place possible.
5. To get your mind ready to think, review the last pages you wrote.
6. Work for two or three hours. Then stop.
7. Follow this habit regularly. Don’t write during other times. Don’t write in public places. Don’t start writing the day before.

So there you have it, can these tips help you?