In 1932-1933, while working on what would become his first published novel, Miller devised and adhered to a stringent daily routine to propel his writing.

While working on his first published novel, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer_%28novel%29"><em>Tropic of Cancer</em></a>, Henry Miller devised a stringent daily routine to advance his writing. This is his 1930s blueprint for productivity.
<h4>MORNINGS:</h4>
If groggy, type notes and allocate, as stimulus.

If in fine fettle, write.

(Now if you wondering what a <em>fettle</em> might be: according to the British Dictionary a <a href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/fettle?s=t">fettle is state of health, spirits, etc</a>  We’d probably say <em>mood</em> today.)
<h4>AFTERNOONS:</h4>
Work of section in hand, following plan of section scrupulously. No intrusions, no diversions. Write to finish one section at a time, for good and all.
<h4>EVENINGS:</h4>
<pre>See friends. Read in cafés.

Explore unfamiliar sections — on foot if wet, on bicycle if dry.

Write, if in mood, but only on Minor program.

Paint if empty or tired.

Make Notes. Make Charts, Plans. Make corrections of MS.</pre>
<em>I love his additional note for the evenings:</em>

Allow sufficient time during daylight to make an occasional visit to museums or an occasional sketch or an occasional bike ride.
<pre>Sketch in cafés and trains and streets.

Cut the movies!

Library for references once a week. (In our 21<sup>st</sup> century vocabulary, we’d probably change Library to Internet.)</pre>
His daily schedule points out to things:
<p style="text-align: center;">Prolific writers write every day.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Prolific writers write most of the day.</p>
I can only wish I had such discipline.

What do you think about Miller’s tight schedule?