Writing Time

One of the things that most writers have to deal with if they're going to be productive, is protecting their writing time. It took me a long time to realise that writing was so important to me (my personal writing that is) that I needed to make time for it, often despite what others wanted from me. If you're a freelance writer, even on a minimal basis, it's easy to take that time because even other people regard it as work. When it comes to fiction or poetry, however, most other people think that you should use the time to spend with them, after all, it isn't actually work. It is up to you to persuade them otherwise.

Making Time

If you are ever going to enter that poetry competition, or finish a novel, then you need some time in which to do it.You have to make your friends and family understand, that writing a poem or a novel is extremely important to you, and you intend to set aside time for that purpose. Other people may not want to respect your time, which means that there will be occasions when you simply have to say no. While others may not see your writing as important, it is important to you and you need time to get it done.

What Are You Going to Drop?

Making time often means that you have to look at your schedule and decide where your writing is going to fit. If your schedule is already overloaded, then you have to decide what things you are going to drop - you may want to watch that tv programme but you need to write. Nowadays, with catch-up television and reruns, there's bound to be another opportunity for you to watch a programme.

If writing is important then you have to assess how important it actually is, if you're not willing to give up something else in order to get your writing done, then perhaps writing isn't really for you. The one clear thing that's ever been said about writing is that 'writers write." Many people would like to see something they have written in a bookstore or up on Kindle, but unless they're prepared to put in the work that is never going to happen. Only you can decide if writing is important enough for you to make time for it.