Another thing I need to do, when I'm near the end of the book, is sleep in the same room with it... Somehow the book doesn't leave you when you're asleep right next to it.

About This Quote

Not many people know this, but if you are writing a book you are actually sleeping in the same room as the book. When you are writing, you are constantly looking at the book. You are constantly thinking about what is happening in it. You are constantly turning the pages.

You are constantly reading over your work and slowly writing down what you see. When you go to sleep, your eyes will be closed but your brain is still active. When you wake up, if you wake up early enough to write before going to work or school, then you might find that the night has passed much faster than normal because of the time spent writing.

This is because when you are writing, you are so focused on your work that it feels like it is taking days instead of hours to complete a chapter or a line. It is only when something interrupts your work that it feels like it took forever to write it down.

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