tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post4415392063500775317..comments2024-03-05T13:51:24.898-07:00Comments on Spacefreighters Lounge : WRITE EVERY DAY--BUT WHEN?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-9300592782280031662015-09-14T16:09:37.952-06:002015-09-14T16:09:37.952-06:00Pippa, your schedule sounds pretty efficient--nece...Pippa, your schedule sounds pretty efficient--necessary for all that work you do! And Eileen, I can appreciate how difficult it can be to try and write after a full day at work. My brain is always telling me it's time for party or sleep once the sun goes down! Believe me, Laurie, the full-time writing life takes a LOT of self-discipline. There always seems to be something else to do. Ernest Hemingway used to say, when someone asked about his routine, "Well, first you wash the car, then you clean out the fridge . . ."Donna S. Frelickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16431686010313020234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-29211916257596329482015-09-11T19:39:02.226-06:002015-09-11T19:39:02.226-06:00Yes, Donna. Definitely a good problem to have! :)
...Yes, Donna. Definitely a good problem to have! :)<br /><br />When I faze into a full-time writer, I'm going to try to implement a standard "work day" that's dedicated to writing and promotion. Otherwise, I'm afraid it would be too easy to curl up on the couch with a cup of coffee and watch movies, because that's what I do to decompress after a really rough work week. If I don't instill some immediate discipline, I fear it will be too easy to slip into leisure mode and get stuck there.L. A. Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198035351359321392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-26256995829887558052015-09-11T12:49:13.969-06:002015-09-11T12:49:13.969-06:00Right now, I wake up, go to work and get back home...Right now, I wake up, go to work and get back home around 6-7PM depending on whether I've exercised, then cook, clean, and decompress with my partner on most nights. Then I read if I have time. 9PM is writing time, and I try to write for an hour. I've written for ninety minutes before and would like to try that more consistently, but I'm not best that late at night. On weekends, I try to do additional writing when I can. I'm going to try to push writing to earlier in the night.<br /><br />In my fantasyland, I'd sleep in till 9 or 930, do some programming/tech work 10-2, take a mental rest and exercise, and then have the afternoon for writing/music. Around dinnertime I'd do writing or music planning- all the logistics that I push aside while I barge through the story. The rest of the night would be for reading, games, and friends. Lee Sarpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952852189854668213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-67083814122509457892015-09-11T12:43:29.409-06:002015-09-11T12:43:29.409-06:00I still have family constraints on my time, but on...I still have family constraints on my time, but once the monsters are off to school, I have six hours, five days a week of my own Right now I have edits and a self imposed deadline to meet. So, I take a slightly longer walking route back from school drop off for my exercise, followed by half an hour of housework, both of which get muse up and running. I edit until lunch, do a short dance routine, eat, then edit again. Between facing sections of edits, I'll tweet my progress and share anything shiny I spot on Twitter. Right now, I actually appreciate still having that routine of the school run. I'm incredibly lazy, but that means I have to get up and get out of the house, and once I'm up I'm far more inclined to be productive. Just now, the prospect of NOT having that bit of routine actually scares me a little.Pippa Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15146591827060731958noreply@blogger.com