Finding The Time To Write
Filed under Uncategorized • 16-12-2007 •
It’s not easy. I have a full time office job and a young family. By the time I get in front of my keyboard I’m too tired to catch up with my email, let alone write anything of any quality. So, it’s reassuring to know that most writers have the same problem. James Van Pelt writes in The Fix:
My routine is to always finish 200 or more words a day. On one hand, this looks like a terribly low bar to leap over, and laughably easy. Numerous novels are over 100,000 words, after all. Wouldn’t it take forever to finish a novel at 200 words a day? Well, not really. It would only take 500 days, less than a year and a half, if I never miss a single writing day. If you are one of those folks who are trying to figure out how to write and still keep up with the normal demands of your busy day, where will you be in 18 months? Will you still be trying to figure out when to get your writing done? Will you still be worrying that there isn’t enough time? Or will you have your novel finished?Tags: work • Writing
A simple yet inspirational piece of maths. I tend to wait for a quiet evening and then write a couple of thousand words. I probably end up averaging less than 200 words per day.
The vast majority of successful, professional writers will write whether they are feeling inspired or not.
I think your 200 words a day is a good way of going about it.
Lastly, i recently worked with an art director who would do 3 hours of writing every morning before going into work!