When do you get your most writing done?
I try to write throughout the day.
What I do is, I write small segments or scenes from my book. Say a conversation between two characters. Or maybe the description of a room. Something like that. I find this easier, because I can see a very clear beginning, middle, and end. Not the beginning, middle, and end of the entire book. Not the beginning, middle and end of the entire chapter. Just the beginning, middle, and end of that one scene, which in most cases is 2 to 4 paragraphs long or about 600 - 800 words.
I make it my goal to write three of these segmants each day:
One in the morning as soon as I wake up, before I even get out of bed.
One in the afternoon, when I get back in from taking my dog out for his daily walk.
One in the evening, last thing just before going to bed.
It takes about 15 - 30 minutes for me to write each segment. Or about 40 minutes to an hour and a half each day. In the end I end up with about 2,750 words written at the end of the day.
However, though I try to do this every day, I usually end up doing it only 2 or 3 days a week. :( It is my goal to make this a more regular daily writing habit.
So, when do I actually get most of my writing done? Right now during the winter, usually between 1AM - 4AM when I am supposed to be asleep! LOL!
In the summer, though, I become very "outdoor active" working in the garden, hiking in the woods, walking on the beach, taking care of the animals (I live on a farm); anyways, for some reason being outdoors in nature and with my flowers and my animals and hearing the ocean waves and smelling the salt air, sends me off on a writing frenzy, and I find a sunny spot in my garden and the next thing I know I'm writing and writing and writing... wow am I really writing.
So, my best writing time of all is from about June - September between 11AM to 4PM.
What's your take on this? I'd love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!
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