The Correct Way of Writing

I’ve come to recognise that often futzing around is part of the writing process for me – that there is a certain amount of processing that goes on whilst I’m comparing notebooks and arguing myself out of buying more pens which is valuable, and important, and not entirely avoidable.

I couldn’t agree more. I wish I’d realized sooner that I don’t need to feel guilty for the strangeness of my writing process. When I write, I need to interrupt myself every 10 minutes to look something up online, saunter around the room aimlessly, check the blog, stare at the squirrels’ antics, take out my collection of fresh notebooks and admire them, etc. It’s as much part of writing for me as typing the words and consulting the sources.

And hey, this is the correct writing process. For me.

Moral of the story: let’s all find one thing we can stop feeling guilty about right now and just do it. It will do us a mountain of good.