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How the hell do I write on this schedule?

Published on May 14, 2012Filed Under: Thoughts On Writing Tagged With: Writing questions

 
Ever hit a brick wall in your writing? Not like writer’s block; I mean a much more difficult to bypass sort of wall—a piss poor writing schedule.
I ask because I have been attempting to scale this particular obstacle for several months with no headway or upward movement. See, I am in a job that does not follow a schedule. We are reactive and proactive simultaneously. We prefer to do a bulk of our work when the rest of the world is still sound asleep or have no business being out and about. (I’m military, if you didn’t guess that already.)
Ordinarily that would be a good thing. Think of all the quiet downtime while the rest of the world is busy being on a normal time schedule. Alas, no; once I am done with said duties, I tend to be a bit frazzled and cannot properly concentrate on my story. Or there are constant interruptions from several different directions.
So what to do? I’d love to sit down and write for a few hours at a time, setting a consistent rhythm, but that is rarely possible. What other options are there? Type a few sentences every time I can get a break? Take notes on paper and use the free “once-in-a-whiles” to type everything out?
You tell me. What has worked for your writing in the past? (Or what hasn’t?)
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  1. MsCreatrix says

    May 14, 2012 at 20:55

    I use 750words.com every day. I know that 750 words doesn’t sound like too much but it’s 20,000+ a month if you write every day. It takes 15-20 minutes and even if you don’t get anything more done that day, you have written AT LEAST 750 words (no penalty for writing more words, by the way). Plus you can password lock it down and it’s free.

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    • Brandon says

      May 14, 2012 at 21:03

      Interesting. I checked out the site. Looks pretty cool. And you have a good point—15 to 20 minutes a day really should be manageable. Thanks for the positive words and for visiting. 🙂

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