I am a morning writer I am writing at eight-thirty in longhand and I keep at it until twelve-thirty, when I go for a swim. Then I come back, have lunch, and read in the afternoon until I take my walk for the next day’s writing.

Fuentes describes a disciplined, almost monastic daily regimen that treats writing as a practiced craft rather than a sporadic burst of inspiration. By specifying hours, tools (longhand), and restorative intervals (swim, walk), he frames creativity as something sustained by routine, bodily care, and deliberate replenishment. The afternoon reading underscores a reciprocal relationship between reading and writing: the writer refuels the imagination and technique through immersion in other texts. The walk “for the next day’s writing” suggests that composition continues off the page—ideas are incubated through movement and reflection—so that the next morning’s work begins with momentum.