Whether a writer is a seasoned pro, totally new to writing, or somewhere in between, finding the time to write is always an issue. Some writers give up entirely on their dream and desire to write because even the idea of trying to find the time feels impossible and crushes them.

When I first started writing, I worked two jobs, went to school on top of having a lively social life, and had no car, which meant commuting took two to three hours a day. Essentially, I had the exact opposite of time; I had negative time. I was often overbooked, exhausted, and demoralized when it came to writing because all the writers I knew had the privilege of time, encouragement, and space.

It took me years to finally come up with a way of making a schedule that I return to throughout my career. When I finally realized a writing practice didn’t have to consist of writing X number of words a day, it became so much easier to use other authors’ methods as jumping-off points for building my own schedule and practice.

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