I agree with… Simon Sebag Montefiore

Simon Sebag Montefiore
“For writers, wasting time is as vital as working, so it is essential to sit all day without doing anything.”
[excerpt from Simon Sebag Montefiore’s column in British Airways ‘High Life’ magazine, March 2014]

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I totally get this, although I think non-writers will consider it a complete waste of time. Most writers I know are walkers in some form or another, all are dreamers. Where else do we get our ideas from?
Read about my writerly wanderings around Wimbledon Common, my haunt while writing Ignoring Gravity, here.
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If you agree with Simon Sebag Montefiore, perhaps you will agree with:-
Deborah McKinlay – the lean years focussed me on what I really wanted
Matthew Thomas – don’t deny the autobiographical
Jeanette Winterson – writing never stops

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Comments

Adora Herveaux May 17, 2014 at 5:27 am

Love this. I’m a huge fan of sitting around doing nothing, and now I have the excuse that it’s to make me a better writer, yeah !
- sandradan1 May 19, 2014 at 4:46 pm
  
  I know, wish I could go back to school and tell my teachers that I wasn’t daydreaming but working out a plot! SD
Miranda Stone May 16, 2014 at 10:36 pm

I could certainly become an expert at practicing this! 😉
- sandradan1 May 19, 2014 at 4:37 pm
  
  I am a grade one expert! SD
Karen May 16, 2014 at 7:49 pm

Exactly, our brains are always busy – even if we appear lazy.
- sandradan1 May 19, 2014 at 4:35 pm
  
  I’m just a dreamer, and sometimes the dreams join up into a plot! SD
Andrea Stephenson May 16, 2014 at 7:42 pm

I completely agree – we may seem as though we’re doing nothing, but our brains are very busy!
- sandradan1 May 19, 2014 at 4:29 pm
  
  Only a writer would get this, I think! SD
AntonioWestley May 16, 2014 at 7:21 am

Is this healthy at all I don’t know
- sandradan1 May 16, 2014 at 3:58 pm
  
  I think he just means having the space to think. SD