Bestselling author Isabelle Allende starts writing her first book on the same date that she began writing her first book, the bestseller, The House of the Spirits.
In an interview with Harvard Business Review, the Chilean-American explains why. Check it out:
At the beginning it was superstition, because the first book had been so lucky. Now it’s just discipline. My life is busy, so I need to save some months of the year to be in a retreat. I need time and silence, or I will never be able to write. Having a start date is good for me and everybody around me. They know that on January 8, I’m not available anymore.