When do you write?

[Bill Meyers]

Lack of time to write is my #1 excuse for getting so few words on paper (or monitor). I'm an amateur writer, so my writing has to take a back seat to far too many other priorities, but I suspect this is the case with most of us. When do the rest of you find time to write?

[Machelle Hartford]

I have a notebook with me at all times. I write even in my mini-van when an idea is really something I just have to get down with the way it sparks in my mind. Sometimes my best ideas come from my really eccentric and quirky clients. I operate a domestic staffing agency and meet many "characters". I'm currently writing a play.

[Maurice Broaddus]

early-late morning:
-i get to work early and do some free writing.
-i listen to books on cd while at work
-i keep a note pad next to me to jot down ideas, plot points, snatches of dialogue (my job is fairly repetitive/brain dead, so i have a lot of brain time)

afternoon
-during the summer when school is out, i flat out bribe the kids for an hour of quiet time (alternately, i randomly ground them ... for an hour of quiet time)
--i can usually work in some reading and writing time
---this is actually my most productive time (probably because i've primed my brain all morning with ideas and words so i'm rearing to go)

evening
-my wife will sometimes take the boys swimming or simply let me disappear for an hour or so
--this is my second most productive time (in terms of word output)

late night
-i can get some work done, i'm not as productive as i used to be late at night
--it's the only time my wife and i have relatively undisturbed ... at least til the boys go back to school.