Pride, Work and Necessity of Side Projects: Freelance Writer & Editor Madeleine Dore Explores “Extraordinary Routines” of the Creative Community Around the World

What are you working on—on the side?

In 2014, I started my online interview project Extraordinary Routines as a way to uncover how creative people go about their days.

I was initially inspired by something Miranda July wrote in It Chooses You : “All I ever really want to know is how other people are making it through life—where do they put their body, hour by hour, and how do they cope inside of it.”



The aim of the project has been done to hone in on this idea of coping and exploring the challeng...