I Tried Margaret Atwood's Flexible Writing Routine 

Do you like this more storytelling focused style of video? What do you think of Margaret Atwood's writing routine? 🙂

I can definitely attest to the usefulness of writing in odd or new places, it seems to help shift perspectives in my mind when I get stuck on something. I drive truck for a living all across North America, so most of my writing is done on my phone in rest areas and truck stops at odd hours of the night, because I need to get out as much as possible as quickly as possible lol Need world building ideas for landscape? Culture? Histories? Drive around and try to notice what you would normally tune out while you're on the way to the grocery store. Take unfamiliar roads, pull over and look at stuff when something catches your eye. If you already have a character in mind, consider how they would react to that weird art piece the city just put in by the rec center. Character ideas? Just people watch for a while, it doesn't get any more authentic than seeing real people interact with one another. Some mannerism or clothing choice or snippet of conversation can spark so much, if you're keeping yourself receptive to such things.

FANTASTIC new video John. It's wonderful.

Combining hiking with writing was fantastic. I loved this video.

Love your video. I find writing on paper gives me better idea than typing.

I spoke about your Character Building WIKI to my Australian Fiction Writers Workshop tonight and the went ape for it. I showed them how useful and fantastic PLOTTR is too. They were BLOWN away. Thanks John!!!! ❤❤❤❤

Interesting! I like seeing trying different routines. Being self employed means finding your own pace that works, trying other things to find something that works better is an important part of that. The book "Daily Rituals: How Artists Work" by Mason Currey is really good. It shows the diversity of work habits and ideas for them.

This was so good!! Thank you for sharing ✍🏼

Another great video! Just realized I hadn't subscribed yet, so I made sure to change that. I like seeing the different ideas and routines from famous authors. My favorite part of these videos though might be your thumbnails where you replicate their looks haha.

Love your videos! Keep up the good work!

You’ve probably scene this John but if you haven’t - it’s a three part show on storytelling by Ira Glass of This American Life - it’s FANTASTIC- go ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5pFI9UuC_fc.html There are three or four parts - worth watching again and again