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Do Morning Pages Work?

And are they a habit you should try?

Morning Pages are three A4 (or a US version of that) pages of free-writing done in the morning.

First off. I have to admit that I have tried to write ‘morning pages’ in the past.

It had been suggested to me as a good way to get you into the habit of writing every day, which can then lead you to write more.

The method encourages you to take your writing seriously.

For this the morning pages have to be every morning and seen as non-negotiable.

But I used to find it too difficult to continue with them every day.

My reasons were:

* Three whole pages? Three A4 pages?? That’s too much!

* Written in the morning? When I’ve got to get ready and go to work? After having a child that included getting a child ready for nursery or school and then going to work myself.

* It felt like an indulgence and fed into my ‘writer imposter syndrome’ and therefore a…