How to write like Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming, best known for creating James Bond in a series of spy novels beginning with Casino Royale (1953), shared some helpful tips for writers in 1964. Ideally one would be doing said writing at a private Caribbean estate, but we all have to do the best with what we have.

Ian Fleming’s typical day at his estate in Jamaica where he wrote all his James Bond stories, need to emulate this:

Fleming neatly lays out how it’s done in a 1964 issue of Playboy, which includes an interview with Ian Fleming. The format of the post as a “To do” list is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but the details are confirmed by the interview. archive.org/details/Playbo

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