That book sounds good, Justin. Old Papa Hemingway used to write in the mornings, as I recall; he’d take a pitcher of martinis up to his study and work till lunch. I assume he made the martinis after breakfast.
I’m a morning writer, too, but without the martinis. The morning is my favorite time of day and I usually rise with the Sun. I sit down on the couch in my study and write with pencil (always pencil) into a notebook. I need perfect silence except for birdsong and the snoring dog. What I’ve written may or may not make it into a computer file, and once it’s in the file, if may or may not survive editing. I’m an aggressive editor / trasher.
The exception is journal entries, which I compose directly at the computer and almost never delete, though I do edit them, mostly for mistakes and typos. I view journal writing as a way of recording and working out thoughts; it also keeps the mind and fingers nimble when the other Muse has skipped town or lost her senses. I highly recommend it.
Between verse and journal entries, I write something to keep maybe three days a week, though sometimes little more than a sentence or a quotation for the journal.
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