One of the biggest challenges of being a writer in today’s world is actually finding time to write. Like everyone, writers are inundated with the demands of modern society. Often they will have day jobs, families, friends, and all of the social and one related obligations that go along with all of those things. So how do they do it? How do they maintain all of that and still have time to devote to creating the characters you love, the plots that keep you entertained, and the development of a world to which you can escape from your own life’s obligations?
Well? The well-organized writers carve out specific time in their busy days to commit to their writing projects. These persistent writers will wake up before their families and before the day really gets going to get in an hour or two of words. Or, they will burn the midnight oil and while everyone is settling in, they are propelling themselves forward in their storyline. These writers will stick to their writing schedules with a consistency that at once impresses and intimidates others.
Which brings me to the second category. The writers who don’t have time or energy to set aside specific and dedicated word time. These writers can be found scribbling away on the back of a receipt with a stub of a pencil while they wait in line at the grocery store. They will be tapping furiously on their phone keypads in their Uber. They keep small notebooks on hand for the stray sentences that strike them throughout their daily routine.
Now, upon reading the above descriptions, you may already have an idea of the type of writer you are. And that’s totally fine because the beautiful thing about this art-form is that it doesn’t matter how you compile the words. It doesn’t matter how long it takes or what your method is. There is no wrong way to write.
No, I take that back. There is one wrong way to write and that is to not write at all. So what are you waiting for?
Kira