Lately, I've been doing some research on the things that help one write fiction. I've been researching them so that I can use them for myself, you see. Most of the time, I sit down and get work done, but I can't help but think that I could get into that Writing Mode a little faster and more reliably. My research has led me to a resounding conclusion that I'm sure I've put somewhere else on this blog already. That is this: there is no perfect thing that works for everyone.
I've read about authors who actually wake up in the middle of the night and write for an hour before going back to bed. Presumably, this is because the house is quiet and empty at these hours. Not to mention dark, too. Another author sits down in his study and works for twelve hours on as many different projects. I've actually considered doing this. Well, maybe not twelve books but two would be feasible. I've definitely heard of authors who drown the surrounding noise with music. Sometimes, they'll play the same song over and over because it captures a certain mood.
For me, it's coffee and comparable silence throughout the house and absolute solitude. If I could figure out how to write inside of a black hole, I probably would. It'd be the perfect place. Of course, the black hole would draw my coffee in molecule by molecule until it was crushed to oblivion. That would suck.
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