
Getting into the 'write' zone
Something I often hear among writing friends is, 'I'm not in the right zone/mood to write today.' It's a struggle for me a lot of the time, so I wondered-how do writers get into the 'zone'? I asked several author and writer friends how they 'zoned in', and several key themes emerged: 1. Schedule time The hardest thing for most writers is making time for writing. We're either so busy with other aspects of life that our creative endeavours play second-fiddle, or we find oursel