Time to Write

I'm adding Poynter Online to my links because they have such great articles, such as today's from Chip Scanlon's Chip on my Shoulder Blog about finding--or rather, making--time to write.

It's a nifty piece filled with anecdotes about how Scott Turow, Anne Tyler, and others found time to write, initially, but he gives an intriguing line at the start: Writing to our circadian rhythms. I thought he was going to talk about each individual's need to find the best time of day to write.

That may seem a luxury if you're working 8 hours a day doing something else, but I think everyone has a particular time of day when they do their best work. Mine is first thing in the morning. I plan my day based on that. I have plenty of time to putz around with research, outlining, and editing, but I save my first couple of hours in the day for the work that is most important.