YES to all of this. I did not finish writing my first novel until I started working full time when my daughter started school (this was after staying home to raise her and I had these long stretches of time to write, but didn't). I became super productive because I didn't have any other choice. If I wanted to write and finish novels, I h…
YES to all of this. I did not finish writing my first novel until I started working full time when my daughter started school (this was after staying home to raise her and I had these long stretches of time to write, but didn't). I became super productive because I didn't have any other choice. If I wanted to write and finish novels, I had to MAKE THE TIME. And it works for me somehow. If I have long stretches of uninterrupted time, I procrastinate and I don't get the work done. So. Having a full-time day job is actually much better for me than being a full-time writer.
I agree with this so much - I write more in a two hour chunk of time with a one-year-old at home compared to the whole days I had before she came about. The bits I find hard are when those pockets are taken away, like when she’s ill. Three or four days with no time to write starts to claw up my back. It’s partly why I started my Substack, because any sort of writing, even if it couldn’t be my book, made me feel more me at the end of the day.
This is so encouraging! Thanks for sharing your path with us. I work FT too and my son is 3! I have to write in the dark of the night. But I love it.. so that’s enough, right?
YES to all of this. I did not finish writing my first novel until I started working full time when my daughter started school (this was after staying home to raise her and I had these long stretches of time to write, but didn't). I became super productive because I didn't have any other choice. If I wanted to write and finish novels, I had to MAKE THE TIME. And it works for me somehow. If I have long stretches of uninterrupted time, I procrastinate and I don't get the work done. So. Having a full-time day job is actually much better for me than being a full-time writer.
I agree with this so much - I write more in a two hour chunk of time with a one-year-old at home compared to the whole days I had before she came about. The bits I find hard are when those pockets are taken away, like when she’s ill. Three or four days with no time to write starts to claw up my back. It’s partly why I started my Substack, because any sort of writing, even if it couldn’t be my book, made me feel more me at the end of the day.
This is so encouraging! Thanks for sharing your path with us. I work FT too and my son is 3! I have to write in the dark of the night. But I love it.. so that’s enough, right?