Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Tue, Mar 02 2010
When is your best writing time?
Lately I often forget to do blog entries until the dark evening hours when my mind is not at its best. This was such a day. This is a also problem for me when it comes to writing fiction. I'm probably not going to get my best work done at night. I've learned this after several false starts. I tried shifting other writing tasks to evening hours, but the truth is that I'm just not alert enough at night on a consistent basis to count on quality work during that time. I do occasionally make a few notes or jot down some lines of poetry in the evening.
You may find yourself having little time to write during the part of the day when you feel you do your best work. If this is a serious problem for you I'd suggest doing everything you can to shift your schedule so that you have your best hours for your writing, particularly if you intend to make writing your main work in life. If you can't do that right now you can think about moving that direction and still try to make them most of what time you do get to write. And keep some sort of electronic device or pen and paper handy in case inspiration strikes at any time, day or night. Writing can be an adjective, a verb or a noun. For best results we should also think of it as a state of mind, a state of being.
posted at: 23:01 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
Lately I often forget to do blog entries until the dark evening hours when my mind is not at its best. This was such a day. This is a also problem for me when it comes to writing fiction. I'm probably not going to get my best work done at night. I've learned this after several false starts. I tried shifting other writing tasks to evening hours, but the truth is that I'm just not alert enough at night on a consistent basis to count on quality work during that time. I do occasionally make a few notes or jot down some lines of poetry in the evening.
You may find yourself having little time to write during the part of the day when you feel you do your best work. If this is a serious problem for you I'd suggest doing everything you can to shift your schedule so that you have your best hours for your writing, particularly if you intend to make writing your main work in life. If you can't do that right now you can think about moving that direction and still try to make them most of what time you do get to write. And keep some sort of electronic device or pen and paper handy in case inspiration strikes at any time, day or night. Writing can be an adjective, a verb or a noun. For best results we should also think of it as a state of mind, a state of being.
posted at: 23:01 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
