How to Create a Healthy Writing Daily Routine

The internet is full of writing advice, and so is this here blog. But the thing with writing advice is that most of it isn’t very good. Every writer is different, so when it comes to creating a healthy writing daily routine, you have to think about what you need and not what others are telling you to do.

Sounds simple, right? Mostly, it is. But I would be lying if I said that it didn’t take me most of my adult life to figure this out.

See, I’ve always been super attracted to writing advice my whole life, even though most of it has been less than helpful. I’d try to write every single day, or to copy the routine of some famous writer, only to find that my brain (which is actually 3 raccoons in a trench coat) couldn’t adapt to it.

Most of my undergrad, grad school, and professional writing routine has been pretty toxic. I would procrastinate as long as possible to get a good spike of adrenaline going. Then, I’d write in a frenzied rush with no time to make any edits, and I’d get the project done and sent off with mere minutes to spare.

The crash afterward was terrible. There were mental, emotional, and even physical side effects to this. And my dumbass did this from high school until about the age of 37.