Welcome to our 91st Road Trip Wednesday!
Road Trip Wednesday is a ‘Blog Carnival,’ where YA Highway's
contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question and answer it
on our own blogs. You can hop from destination to destination and get
everybody's unique take on the topic.
We'd love for you to participate! Just answer the prompt on your
own blog and leave a link in the comments - or, if you prefer, you can include
your answer in the comments.
This Week's Topic:
What time do you prefer to do your writing? Early Worm? Night Owl ? Any five seconds you can grab?
Road Trip Song of the Week:
“Nothing But a Good Time" by Poison (nothing helps to get over that Wednesday hump like some hairband rock)
Interesting timing, since I actually wrote a blog post about finding your "zone" today before I read about this.
ReplyDeleteMy ideal time changed, which is why I wrote a post about it:
http://avajae.blogspot.com/2011/08/finding-your-zone-again.html
Should be interesting to see the other answers!
My writing time is my lunch hour at work every day. I try at night, but by the time the kids go to bed, I am too exhausted to keep my eyes open! LOL
ReplyDeleteSometimes if I'm on a deadline, I'll take a day off from work and go somewhere and just write.
I keep to a pretty strict writing schedule, or I tend to fall into procrastination. Tuesdays and Thursdays are full work days, and MWF are split up between "writing business", running errands, and photography tasks.
ReplyDeleteBut of course if I'm under deadline or deep in revisions, all bets are off and any time is fair game. Then, I work every spare moment.
Mine is here! http://bit.ly/q6zrsD
ReplyDeleteI write sporadically at various times of the day. Usually, after a major writing session I'll wake up early the next morning to go over what I'd written the day before. Then I'll spend a few minutes on the Internet, write, YouTube, write, Blogger, write. Rinse and repeat.
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking about this the other day!
ReplyDeletehttp://writerschasm.blogspot.com/2011/08/rtw-tick-tock-time-to-write.html
Can I be an Early Bird and a Night Owl?
ReplyDeleteMine post is here: katyupperman.com
Here is mine: http://ohthevoices.blogspot.com/2011/08/rtw-time-to-write.html
ReplyDeleteHere's mine: http://theunemployedbooklover.blogspot.com/2011/08/so-much-timeso-little-to-do.html
ReplyDeleteThe response of a night owl transitioning to a morning person...even if it kills me: http://writingonalimb.blogspot.com/2011/08/rtw-write-time.html
ReplyDeleteIt's like y'all can read my mind...or have a fly on my wall. *paranoid, don't mind me*
ReplyDeletehttp://overyonderlit.blogspot.com/2011/08/rtw-tick-tock-tap-tap-tapping-on-my.html
Time? What's that?
ReplyDeletehttp://alisonmiller20.blogspot.com/2011/08/rtw-racing-with-sun.html
It depends on the type of work day I'm having! http://www.kristinhalbrook.com/2011/08/road-trip-wednesday-91-time-to-write.html
ReplyDeletenightowl here.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.chelseyblair.com/2011/08/road-trip-wednesday-writing-time.html
Here's mine:
ReplyDeletehttp://daydreamertowriter.blogspot.com/2011/08/road-trip-wednesday-all-about-time.html
Great first Road Trip for me on my website. (I just got back from a literal road trip that was medicinal for my muse.)
ReplyDeleteIn case the embedded link doesn't work, here's my blog!
http://lastephens.blogspot.com/2011/08/maiden-yoyage-on-road-trip-wednesday.html
I'm looking forward to reading everyone's.
I love this topic! Can't wait to read all the different posts.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.jaquiradiaz.com/1/post/2011/08/the-writers-life-how-i-write-where-i-write-when-i-write.html
Loved reading some of the stories above - I'm jealous of all you morning people. I can grab snippets of writing time during the breaks at day job, but otherwise daytime writing seems to fail me.
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ReplyDeleteSorry about the previous comment I deleted. There was a horrible typo I overlooked (lol). Anyway, great topic! Here is my post:
ReplyDeletehttp://aimeereneewrites.blogspot.com/2011/08/tik-tok-on-clock.html
Must...drag...self...through...headache.
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http://zapslobstertank.blogspot.com/2011/08/road-trip-wednesday-writers-do-it.html
I'm a nocturnal writer -- a midnight-to-three writer. It's not really ideal, but I have my reasons ...
ReplyDeleteCheck out my post at http://leysaulnier.com (or click my name)
I've been grappling with this for a while...
ReplyDeletehttp://crystalschubert.com/2011/08/10/i-am-not-a-morning-person/
Oh this one was so easy! Here's mine:
ReplyDeletehttp://thewordsonpaper.blogspot.com/2011/08/rtw-finding-time-to-write.html
Ah, when to write, the eternal question.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.authorkatenorris.com/wordpress/2011/08/10/ya-highway-road-trip-wednesday/
Here's mine!
ReplyDeletehttp://jessicalovewrites.blogspot.com/2011/08/road-trip-wednesday-when-do-you-write.html
I'm hardly what you'd call a consistent writer. I do my best writing on Sunday afternoons. On a day-to-day basis, I tend to write in the early evening - around 7ish - to 11 o'clock.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! (And love the song!)
Its an amazing post.Thanks for sharing your experience.I like this type of adventures.Keep it up and Enjoy the life.
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Check out my fantastical answer at http://williamfriskey.blogspot.com/. I'm enjoying reading all the others. I feel like I need a more eccentric routine, though. Something writerly and pretentious. Maybe bunny slippers and an eye patch to get the creativity flowing? Anyway, enjoy the blog.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.relicsofprovidence.com/2011/08/its-times-like-these.html
ReplyDeleteOr if you don't feel like clicking... :P
I've been told many a time that my best writing was done at around three in the morning. Unfortunately, having a day job means that three in the morning writing events come few and far between. But I do make use of the few chances I get. But I write whenever I have the time and mood for it. I don't force myself to write, because then it comes out gross. But I help myself along to motivation with music, tea and the like.
But overall, my favorite time to write is early morning hours. Any time after midnight and before six AM is my golden time. I don't know if it's because I'm tired or because everyone else around me is passed out. But there's some factor you get while the rest of your world is asleep that can't be recreated otherwise...