Writer's Routine Revisited: Hugh Montgomery, author of 'Control' - Professor talks making time to write, what makes you creative, and the joy of trying something new.
Writer's Routine
Dan Simpson
4.9 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Montgomery is a someone who, if he wasn't so darned lovely, you'd probably have to envy quite a lot. He's a practicing clinician, a UK lead on climate change, he's written screen-plays, runs ultramarathons, learns a new skill a year, holds a world-record, and is now releasing his first full-novel.
It's called 'Control' - a thriller set in the medical-world (write what you know) all about a bullying, over-bearing Doctor, and the way he treats colleagues, which comes back to haunt him. We talk about brooding over the idea for the story, escaping to France to write it, and where he thinks the story actually came from.
As he manages to fit in so much into his day, we talk about where he finds the time and why he rations sleep. Also, we talk about why he learns a new skill every year, and how he believes it to be crucial to make time stop flying by.
Also - you can hear a distinguished routine from history with Mason Currey, and grab his new book 'Daily Rituals: Women at Work' here - https://masoncurrey.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello and welcome to another writer's routine. My name's Dan Simpson. Thank you for finding the podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | This is the show where we take a look inside the working day of some of the most successful authors around. |
| 0:11.5 | Now, due to a situation outside of my control, there's no new author for you this week. I was meant to do a recording. |
| 0:18.1 | I've been absolutely stacking up on brilliant guests for the podcast. |
| 0:22.8 | The problem is I need to release all the episodes around the publication of their books normally. |
| 0:29.1 | I had an empty week this week. I'd booked in an author to record with, but just due to a situation that never ended up happening. So instead of |
| 0:40.2 | leaving you without any inspiration, any writing help this week, I thought we would listen back to |
| 0:45.1 | one of my favorite episodes that I've ever done. And because it's not with like a big name in |
| 0:52.3 | publishing, I just was thinking that if you're slightly new to the show, you might like a big name in publishing. |
| 0:59.2 | I just was thinking that if you're slightly new to the show, you might have missed this. |
| 1:01.1 | I really enjoyed the chat. |
| 1:07.3 | I found it really inspirational, I remember at the time, and I think there might be a lot to gain from it now. |
| 1:15.9 | It was recorded first back in 2019 with Dr. Hugh Montgomery. Now, Hugh is a doer. |
| 1:22.2 | He is a leading doctor. He's an author. He does a new thing every year, which you'll hear about in the chat actually. During COVID and lockdowns first started happening, I guess like three months after this podcast was recorded. |
| 1:31.1 | He was all over the telly. |
| 1:32.6 | You might have seen Dr. Hugh Montgomery. |
| 1:34.4 | He was leading quite a lot of the UK's response to the virus. |
| 1:38.1 | So he had published a book, a high-paced thriller called Control, and then to quickly switch to try and contain and help the UK and hospitals |
| 1:48.7 | deal with coronavirus which kind of took over the world at that time didn't it? So I hope you'll |
| 1:55.8 | learn a lot from this. Do remember what you're about to hear, it's the full episode really, |
| 2:00.7 | what you're about to hear was recorded a couple of years ago. So some of it might be out of date. If I kind of push you towards any sponsorships, I can't really remember what was happening if I tell you about a new book. But it might be out of date, so just bear with it. And I think you'll really enjoy it. let's get into it you'll hear another intro with more |
| 2:18.1 | details in just a sec let's get into one of my favorite writers routines from the last few years |
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