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In fact, you should probably just clear your schedule.
Whilst doing her happy dance, Knoll also agreed to write the films screenplay (‘Im ready.
I see how the movie starts.
Im bursting with ideas,’ the author says).
Oh, did we mention shell be doing this while simultaneously working on her second novel?
So if anyone needs to be on top of her game, its Knoll.
SELF: Hi Jess!
So you have so much going on right nowhow do you keep up with it all?
Jessica Knoll: I keep a schedule like I did when I worked a normal office job.
Its just good to have a regimented routine.
It makes a huge difference in my productivity.
Every day, I wake up, shower and make coffee.
And then I write.
I try and get like 1,000 words on a page at that time.
Sometimes that doesnt happen; then sometimes Ill get 2,000.
SELF: That’s a pretty busy schedule.
Do you ever allow yourself lazy days?
I know if I dont do anything, Im going to really beat myself up later.
SELF: What about writer’s block.
How do you handle?
What advice do you have for those climbing the corporate ladder?
JK: Most of us know what we need to do in our jobs.
So you gotta just do it, and then go ten to 20 percent above and beyond that.
I have faith in the processif you do the job well, youll be rewarded.
SELF: What did you learn from your time in the magazine industry?
JK: Emotional intelligence is so underrated.
How you feel about Ani and what she represents now?
JK: I think its a lot hard to give women a pass for their unlikable behavior.
SELF: Youre now writing your second novel.
How’s that shaping up?
JK: Its easy to forget how hard the work is because the end product is so rewarding.
So its easy to erase the struggle that goes into actually doing the job.
I need to remind myself that the struggle is normal.
Tell myself,You went through this before, youll get through this again.
SELF: Can you tell us anything about it?
JK: Ive learned to not share my ideas.
SELF: The big release is todayhow does it feel?
JK: Writing is such a solitary endeavor, and theres a lot you play close to the chest.
Like, this is what Ive been doing the past two years of my life!
Its the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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Photo Credit: Leslie Hassler / Simon and Schuster
