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Thanks! I will have to wait three years, then. It does sound terrible… But I thought so too, actually. Thank you for saying it clearly!

Not sure you’ll like my answer Alessandra, but I strongly advise you to delay the novel until you finish your thesis. Both are HUGE demanding projects, and both require similar types of work. Get the thesis done first and then reward yourself with the novel when you’re finished… Just my two cents…

May I ask for your advice? I am a young (almost 25) PhD student of Italian literature (and I live in Italy, my own country). This means that my daily routine already revolves around researching, reading and above all writing papers, thesis, reports, notes, etc. I would like to write fiction, too – I managed to finish a novel during high school, years ago; but then I used to write during summer holidays, with lots of free time. I do like to write even those academic writings as carefully and creatively as possible, too, though.
Does it sound impossible to lead such a “double writing life”? What I mean is that it is quite odd, almost exhausting, to have a break from writing (thesis, let’s say) with writing (a novel); and I am afraid I would have no neurons left for my thesis later in the day if I were to write fiction early in the morning; the same goes for writing at night (and my PhD advisor is a night owl, too, so there are times when I need to stay alert at night, you know, waiting for the Professor’s reply; I go to bed at midnight and get up at 7, usually, but I would gladly wake up earlier if I decided so).

Would you kindly give me any tips on how to organize my time? I would be very very thankful!

Glad to hear it worked for you!

Thank you for your response .. 🙂

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