10 August 2011

Road Trip Wednesday #91: Time To Write

It's another RTW! RTW is a blog carnival hosted by YA Highway. Check out the topic, write your own post, publish to your blog and incude the links on the comments section of the YAH post. Travel blog to blog to see how your fellow Highwaypersons answered the question.

Today's topic: What time do you prefer to do your writing? Early Worm? Night Owl ? Any five seconds you can grab?


A notebook and pen here? Yes, please. Credit.
I have two kinds of writing days. 


1) A typical work day. These are the days when I hop out of bed with a chipper smile on my face (bahahaa), get a workout in and get to work on the many work-related tasks waiting for me. Reading, freelancing, researching, responding to emails, taking care of family, etc. On these days, I can't write until evening*, when the house is quiet and I'm satisfied I've finished my work. 


2) A writing day. Sometimes, however, I'll set an entire day aside to do nothing but write. These days I begin writing first thing and don't quit until the end of the work day, some eight or so hours later. I love these days because I get a TON done. But they're not as common, because . . . life and work, etc.


When do you write?


*Incidentally, I google imaged "twilight" to find a picture of, you know, that time of day around sunset. As soon as I hit the "search" button I groaned, realizing my mistake. :/ Cue an immediate re-search for "sunset."

5 comments:

Mary Gray said...

I'm late but I just wanted to say CONGRATS on your book deal!! It sounds like a fun book and I only hear great things about Suzie Townsend.

Alison Miller said...

Ohmygosh - I am so jealous of your eight hour days. The only time I think I ever had that was when I had to crank out a twelve page essay for my National Teaching Certification.

Normally I can get at least an hour or two in the morning, which is when my muse seems to be awake too.

Tracey Neithercott said...

I love weekends for the exact reason you explain in #2. As long as I forgo any other plans I may have had, I can spend the entire day writing. I don't mind writing here and there, when I can get the time, but I write faster and better when I devote a whole day. If I never have to get caught up with where I was and where I planned to go in the story, I can just write and write for a long time.

Joal said...

During the school year, I write late at night if at all. I have a hard time getting started. Rarely do I write without first wasting at least an hour of time checking my e-mail, getting lost in Wikipedia chains, looking up deals online, reading blogs, etc. So, I have to plan at least three hours if I'm going to write. If I start at 10 p.m., I'll shut off the computer between 1 and 2 in the morning.

During the summer, I actually get some of those writing days you describe. My wife (you know her as Liz) and I swap days. Yesterday, she had a day to herself. Today is mine, and oh, what a sweet luxury.

Rachel Brooks said...

I write at all different times of the day. Whenever I'm in the mood or find a spare moment, I sit down and type!

Also, I’m a new follower—wonderful blog! Stop by my blog and follow me too? :) http://rachelbrookswrites.blogspot.com/

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