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Any advice for full-time software developer, father-of-two young-children, aspiring (non-fiction) writers?
by euroclydon 17y ago
Any advice for full-time software developer, father-of-two young-children, aspiring (non-fiction) writers?
- jamesbritt 17y agoWrite.
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoIn the morning.
- greyman 17y agoEarly.
- volodia 17y agoAnd drink coffee.
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoLots of coffee.
- lamby 17y agoBy yourself.
- joe_the_user 17y agoWhile the article showed more writers wrote in the morning, I don't think the sample size was large enough to be especially significant. In contrast, all the writers did something to isolate themselves. That seems more concrete and clear advice.... I should sign off NOW!
- Avshalom 17y agoActually the article showed ALL the writers wrote in the morning (well the 9 of 10 that mentioned when they wrote). It also said that many of them could/would write at other times as well but they ALL started in the morning.
- abecedarius 17y agoI read a study of classical piano students. The best ones, who were expected to become pros, all practiced in the morning; and there was some practice at other hours -- the same pattern, as far as I can remember. The good but less elite students also tended to work in the morning, but with more variance and less total practice. (This was one of those studies about the 10,000-hour rule and deliberate practice -- I think there were some refs to studies of other fields showing similar practices.) Everyone needs to find what works best for themselves, but I'm pretty sure now I was just being macho when I thought I did best at night.
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- themanr 17y agoOk, as a full-time software developer, single guy, part-time student and aspiring fiction writer I can talk about what works for me. I have two usable slots for writing: get up early and write before work or write late at night. I'm really not a morning person so in the morning I just do half an hour immediately after I wake. In the evening I have roughly 7pm - 11:30pm to play with. I normally sit down to write between 9pm and 10pm and then go through till 11 - 11:30. I don't think this is really enough and I'm looking at how I can get another hour or so a day from somewhere. The most important thing is to set a regular time and stick to it. Certainly, for fiction anyway, making this time as close to sleep as possible seems to help.
- jseliger 17y agoFunny you should ask that -- I just posted on a similar subject here: http://jseliger.com/2009/08/19/the-very-very-beginning-writer http://jseliger.com/2009/08/19/the-very-very-beginning-write... In any event, to become a good writer you have to a) write a lot and b) read a lot (not necessarily in that order). Some of the books listed at the link will help get you started.
- euroclydon 17y agoSomebody mentioned hollylisle.com in the comments of your blog and it seems to be be a content rich site.
- MaysonL 17y agoFollow Heinlein's rules.