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What Keeps You Motivated While Writing A Novel?

The Snowflake Method? Bourbon? Classical music? TELL US YOUR SECRETS!

Congratulations! You've decided to write a novel!

You're convinced your idea is pretty genius, you have parts of the plot figured out and now all you have to do is write the thing!

So now what? How do people discipline themselves to write every single day?

How do you combat the fear that your writing might just be a pile of shit?

How do you create the perfect writing space so you're not distracted?

Do you require total silence? Or do you have a writing playlist to hand?

And lastly, do you plan the whole story out? Do you try to write in big chunks? Do you have a strict writing schedule?

Tell us how you write, where you write and what keeps you going and you could be featured in a future BuzzFeed post.