How to Get Up Early to Write

Dorothea Brand has famously talked about setting your alarm half an hour or an hour earlier. When it goes off just getting up without washing or dressing is a good way to get started. It means you've won the day from that point on throughout the day, says David Walliams. But he's only slightly reluctant to push this as a tactic because I don't do it myself so it feels rather dishonest. He also believes free rights can be a handy way of discovering what you already know but haven't put into words.