Here at The Publishing Spot, we specialize in one thing: practical tips for the working writer.
This site is for writers with dayjobs, families and other commitments. Everytime I meet a published author, I ask them how they managed to write a book with all the distractions that can keep you away from the computer. Today, I asked Joie Jager-Hyman describing how she found time and motivation to write Fat Envelope Frenzy--a non-fiction look at the college application process.
This is my deceptively simple feature, Five Easy Questions. In the spirit of Jack Nicholson’s mad piano player, I run a weekly set of quality conversations with writing pioneers—delivering some practical, unexpected advice about web writing.
Jason Boog:
While writing this book, your life sounded pretty busy. How did you find time and energy to write your book with such a busy schedule? Any tips for the writers out there with dayjobs and other commitments?
Joie Jager-Hyman:
Unfortunately, there's no magic formula other than to just make the time to write and stick to a schedule. Continue reading...
I spent a lot of time at the New York Public Library in Bryant Park where there were no distractions. I write well there because I always feel guilty surfing the web after I've shlepped all the way to midtown. Finding a place like that really helps.
So does having other writers around. I worked with Kate Torgovnick a lot, which was really great. We'd socialize during lunch but make sure that we stayed on track the rest of the time.
When we got really desperate, we went out of town for a few days of nonstop writing. I'm not sure that it would have been very fun to do that alone.
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