tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post5632746231452852404..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: HOW DO YOU FIND THE TIME TO WRITE? - A Guest Post By R.J. AndersonStephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-77575975556594922122015-11-14T13:08:44.410-06:002015-11-14T13:08:44.410-06:00The best time for me to write happens to be in the...The best time for me to write happens to be in the morning, alps. Just getting up early enough to so is the hard part for me :b.Keturah Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041749245034077912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-45768895329962445912015-11-14T08:47:13.200-06:002015-11-14T08:47:13.200-06:00This is great!!! Thank you so much for the tips :)...This is great!!! Thank you so much for the tips :) <br /><br />Unfortunately I get up at 5:00 am everyday for school (it starts at seven) so I don't think waking up thirty minutes earlier will help me. I'm already super tired in the mornings most of the time! <br /><br />But the Chain and Sticker techniques? I think I'm going to try that! I'm most excited for the Chain thing though... I love competing (with myself) and I think it'll be very effective! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-9691333510122997442015-11-13T16:29:20.162-06:002015-11-13T16:29:20.162-06:00These techniques are really good ideas. I actually...These techniques are really good ideas. I actually use some of them for school, especially the take-a-break-in-between-hours one. Maybe I'll start using the sticker one. It was always strangely effective with learning music. Thanks for the post!!<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-13677764637613649892015-11-13T06:17:19.192-06:002015-11-13T06:17:19.192-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.R.J. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503519800068573393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-10552971093034552672015-11-13T06:16:29.030-06:002015-11-13T06:16:29.030-06:00That's great to hear, Amanda! Thanks for tryin...That's great to hear, Amanda! Thanks for trying it and reporting back on the results!R.J. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503519800068573393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-3843492436063170702015-11-12T17:12:29.435-06:002015-11-12T17:12:29.435-06:00Super helpful tips! It's encouraging to see th...Super helpful tips! It's encouraging to see that another not-a-morning-person has made mornings work anyway. And I think I need to remind myself to take more breaks. When I get deeply involved, I forget to hit pause. XD Oh, and your advice to write for an hour BEFORE checking email and whatnot--fabulous.<br /><br />I like making wordcount goals for first drafts, or scene/chapter goals for editing. As for actually scheduling in writing time . . . I'm not really sure. I squeeze it in wherever I can between work and everything else.Tracey Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-3408846029285430172015-11-12T13:33:16.714-06:002015-11-12T13:33:16.714-06:00This is a great post!! I will most certainly be us...This is a great post!! I will most certainly be using some of these tips as I push through the last few chapters of my first draft. :D Thanks for the great post!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13444337976511530723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-33362356256919330362015-11-12T13:01:25.981-06:002015-11-12T13:01:25.981-06:00Firstly, I am SOOOOOO starting the sticker idea. T...Firstly, I am SOOOOOO starting the sticker idea. That seems like it would totally motivate me, because I'm 12 at heart ;) Who doesn't love stickers!<br /><br />I've tried to give myself a TINY goal, like, if I sit down, even if it's 200 words, I can stop after that. But once I'm actually writing I usually stay in the zone much longer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001744932829238184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-3136506353207040202015-11-12T10:50:12.008-06:002015-11-12T10:50:12.008-06:00I take advantage of every spare moment. :DI take advantage of every spare moment. :DLiv K. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04181127343729085264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-48578886344893097982015-11-12T07:45:24.614-06:002015-11-12T07:45:24.614-06:00I don't really write very often but when I do ...I don't really write very often but when I do I make sure I have a clean shedule for at least an hour. Then I just write. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-30790256232985932352015-11-11T21:57:06.144-06:002015-11-11T21:57:06.144-06:00I like writing in the morning after some exercise ...I like writing in the morning after some exercise (a walk or a run are my favorite methods). It seems to clear my head up enough to write. I don't like leaving it to the later afternoon when my creative energy seems to be zapped!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11316328217006467698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-43376132173278778172015-11-11T20:53:15.980-06:002015-11-11T20:53:15.980-06:00I'd love to read this. Even if I don't win...I'd love to read this. Even if I don't win, I'll make sure to check it out. :)Jesus Girl (aka Hannah)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15188623825301576640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-41963438474304820792015-11-11T20:39:11.662-06:002015-11-11T20:39:11.662-06:00This was a really fun post!
I write a lot on my ce...This was a really fun post!<br />I write a lot on my cell phone, and at night/noon as things start settling down and there is less to do. Sometimes I have to make myself find time to write by snatching an hour-or-so even if things are busy.<br /><br />Therru Ghiblihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04098040947163940991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-7657673704253431332015-11-11T20:35:08.067-06:002015-11-11T20:35:08.067-06:00So I totally did the Pomodoro thing this afternoon...So I totally did the Pomodoro thing this afternoon finishing up school and I have to say it totally pushed me to work more efficiently/harder. Surprisingly, the 20 minute allotment actually made me work harder to get it all done in the 20 minutes so I wouldn't have to do another "Pomodoro" for the same subject. I love it already! :)Amanda Fischernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-80975982381502423932015-11-11T17:52:18.201-06:002015-11-11T17:52:18.201-06:00I love the premise of your story! It sounds very i...I love the premise of your story! It sounds very intriguing! Emma Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17789949390534981103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-86502193226112861822015-11-11T16:42:31.238-06:002015-11-11T16:42:31.238-06:00Great advice! :D I won't lie, I can set priori...Great advice! :D I won't lie, I can set priorities, but I'm really bad at keeping them straight... And I'm really easily distracted. I don't have any social media, but just about anything else about the Internet makes it really hard to get things accomplished.<br /><br />Also, I love Agents of SHIELD too!Emily Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-70381991630989048662015-11-11T14:59:39.855-06:002015-11-11T14:59:39.855-06:00I just make time, but sometimes it is discouraging...I just make time, but sometimes it is discouraging because I write so slowly. I use rewards of chocolate per 150 words to inspire me...Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616906188229851218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-79901472421682195082015-11-11T14:51:12.503-06:002015-11-11T14:51:12.503-06:00I've been having trouble keeping up with NaNoW...I've been having trouble keeping up with NaNoWriMo, so this gives me some good ideas. I have noticed that I tend to get more words in if I do it in multiple small writing sprints over the course of a single day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-77291105003209101122015-11-11T13:42:38.447-06:002015-11-11T13:42:38.447-06:00So many wonderful ideas! I am so easily distracted...So many wonderful ideas! I am so easily distracted by the web. I will have to try Freedom and actually get something accomplished.<br /><br />God bless, Anne Marie :)<br />Anne Marie Gazzolohttp://annemariegazzolo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-31770944333250682802015-11-11T13:40:47.113-06:002015-11-11T13:40:47.113-06:00It's definitely true that the more time you th...It's definitely true that the more time you think you have, the more likely you are to waste it. Efficiency expert Julia Morgenstern has a lot of good stuff about this in her book NEVER CHECK E-MAIL IN THE MORNING -- one of her first recommendations for people who feel overworked and overwhelmed is to give themselves *less* time to get their tasks done each day (i.e. if they've been going home each day at 6 o'clock, she tells them to go home at 5 or even 4) so that they'll make better use of the time they have. Because we all loooooove to procrastinate, even if we think we're busy.<br /><br />And yes, Mabel is the best. :DR.J. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503519800068573393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-557455504757267832015-11-11T13:40:10.305-06:002015-11-11T13:40:10.305-06:00When I did Camp NaNo back in July, I found that wa...When I did Camp NaNo back in July, I found that waking up early to write worked really well for me. I could usually write about 800 to 1,000 words in an hour or hour and fifteen minutes. It took some of the stress off of me, and it made me feel productive. In the past year or so, I've discovered that I don't write well at night because my brain is so tired and all I want to do is sleep. <br />For NaNo this month, waking up early and writing is essential. With having to go to my classes four days a week and juggling homework, I highly doubt I could handle it otherwise. So far, though, I haven't ever missed my daily word count goal. :) <br />Also, that book sounds really cool. In my NaNo novel, one of my main POV characters is a fairy. I'm trying to do a fresh take on them as well, and I'm having an awesome time writing them. Katinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-18170792812851435282015-11-11T13:30:27.809-06:002015-11-11T13:30:27.809-06:00Great tips--I especially like the Pomodoro idea. P...Great tips--I especially like the Pomodoro idea. Probably because it has to do with a tomato, and I like tomatoes.<br /> <br />...What can I say...<br /><br />:) Thanks for sharing!Amanda Fischernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-65820505885776081482015-11-11T13:24:37.643-06:002015-11-11T13:24:37.643-06:00Thanks for the advice!Thanks for the advice!Sarah Penningtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377945004067760298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-77933078113520113462015-11-11T13:09:02.890-06:002015-11-11T13:09:02.890-06:00Thanks for sharing these tips! :) They were very h...Thanks for sharing these tips! :) They were very helpful reminders.Georginanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-71754982355695976812015-11-11T12:41:10.946-06:002015-11-11T12:41:10.946-06:00Thanks for the advice Ms. Anderson! I normally wri...Thanks for the advice Ms. Anderson! I normally write just before bed, or in the afternoon. Since I'm home-schooled, it's not terribly hard for me to find time to write :). <br /><br />~Savannah Perran Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com