… checking my emails and updating my blogs first. Then I start writing.
I know lots of other writers say they find doing emails distracting, but for me I need to get them out of the way before I feel free to write. I write every day, that’s the discipline of journalism deep in my bones. Each to his own.
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I can’t write without first checking my emails, fb account and twitter either. I tend to do it too while I’m writing, it helps me when I’m stuck.
Agreed! Multi-tasking helps me to think and to sort out the mess of details in my head..Strange, but I guess it’s part of being weaned in the 21st century :~)
I agree. I can’t stand writing while there’s a nagging thought that I might have a notification.