meetthewriter Day 4: Ritual.

My ‘writing ritual’ used to be: Sit down. Try to write. Get cross. Existential crisis.

However since the absolute joy of the Winter Writing Sanctuary with

I’ve found that getting myself in the right headspace to write is a vital part of the process. This now looks like a little bit of movement (stretches) before sitting down with a hot drink and finding ways to give myself a bit of space or inspiration before starting to put ink on the page. I write most mornings currently and it seems to be working for me at the moment. But you can’t let ritual become a constraint.