"It can be hard to get into the groove once you sit down to write. One trick that I’ve learned:..."

“It can be hard to get into the groove once you sit down to write. One trick that I’ve learned: leave yourself a little prompt at the end of your writing day, so you have a head start the next time you open your document.


The prompts can be as simple as “The next day my main character is going to get mad”, or they can be bullet points about descriptions or setting. Then, when you start writing in your next chunk of time, you can read the last page to get your writing voice in your head, and go straight into your prompt.”

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I. W. Gregorio is a practicing surgeon by day, masked avenging YA writer by night. After getting her MD, she met the intersex patient who inspired her debut novel, None of the Above.

Writer’s Care Packages from Camp NaNoWriMo and We Need Diverse Books.