Abdulrazak Gurnah, author of 'Afterlives' - 2021 Nobel Prize winner discusses distractions, why reading is as important as writing, and needing blank walls
Writer's Routine
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The Importance of Reading in Writing
Normally I'm up by about seven or so, 7.30. And I'd probably be sitting at the best before eight. Take a break and then come back to the desk until three. Three-searcy depends on how tiring that they had been. But normally about three-ish, I would probably take a break and either do something else or read. That's my reading. So if I'm writing, then he'll be writing all day.
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