Time to Write

 

How often have you heard that writers have all the time in the world?

All the time.

Do you recall the last novel that you read? Did you imagine that you had been transported to a strange, new world? Did you feel emotions pour out of a page, and characters move around you, sometimes giving you a shock when they snuck up behind you?

If so, then that’s when a writer captured your attention.

Writers don’t have lots of free time to drink coffee, and look out onto an eerie lake with a forest as a backdrop. They have jobs, careers, and aspirations; some are students. Some have families and other responsibilities. They all make their time count.

Becoming a writer doesn’t require a qualification. As long as you can open your mind to the possibility of a situation taking place at this very moment in another place, and you can put words down to describe it, then you are a writer.

How many words could you write in a year?

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100 Every other day 18,250

100 Everyday 36,500

250 Everyday 91,250

500 Everyday 182,500

750 Everyday 273,750

1,000 Everyday 365,000

1,500 Everyday 547,500

2,000 Everyday 730,000

What if the chores of life are too hectic giving you not a moment to yourself? Can you still write? To pick it up and drop it as and when you want is the slippery slope to losing the urge. The harsh truth is that some juggling is required. You have to rearrange your time.

You must.

Don’t let writing become a dream that you put off until it’s too late to begin. Sacrifice time from elsewhere. Make it happen.

Treat writing like a job that you’re doing because you want to. They’re your words.

Are you a morning or an evening writer?

Writing takes commitment. Find the best place to write. A desk, a quite room, the bed, or a coffee-shop. Deactivate social media, put on your favourite music, clear your mind of stress, and forget about work.

Write what you can in the time that you have. No matter how small, it’ll all count in the end.

Even when I have a day off from writing, I’m plotting or researching.

Use your time wisely. Write.

Make a promise to yourself

 

You will write
You will find time in your day to bring yourself to the page.

Letters give words. Words give names. Sentences give actions. Paragraphs give moments. Chapters bring life.

Stories create worlds.