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Nick Bradley, author of 'Four Seasons in Japan' - Writer discusses going easy on himself, living in Japan, and intricate plot structure

Writer's Routine

CHAPTER

How to Write a First Draft

I usually try to take weekends off and relax but I'm not very good at that. But yeah the aim is to to send the chapter to someone who holds me accountable on the Sunday evening. So when I'm out walking or running then I'll be writing in my head at that point, thinking about the scenes that I want to write so and I'll do that over the weekend as well. You know you constantly have to be running these processes in your mind and thinking you know what's the scene I want towrite like which which characters are involvedwhat's happening where are they?

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