{"id":25333,"date":"2022-06-17T03:00:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=25333"},"modified":"2022-06-16T06:44:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T13:44:36","slug":"my-kids-wont-let-me-write-now-what-finding-time-to-write-in-your-busy-day-by-daniel-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/17\/my-kids-wont-let-me-write-now-what-finding-time-to-write-in-your-busy-day-by-daniel-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"My Kids Won\u2019t Let Me Write! Now What? Finding Time to Write in your Busy Day by Daniel Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"My<\/a>Today we welcome a new guest writer to Writer\u2019s Fun Zone, Daniel Rice who is stopping by to chat with us about \u201cMy Kids Won\u2019t Let Me Write! Now What? Finding Time to Write in your Busy Day.\u201d \u00a0Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Writing a novel is a time-consuming endeavor.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finding time to write is a constant struggle for writers who hold down a day job.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This issue is exacerbated when offspring demand the aspiring author\u2019s time.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Do You Write If You Have A Day Job And Kids?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

You\u2019re probably exhausted by the end of the day, only fit to stream the latest Netflix show or collapse in bed\u2013\u2013maybe both!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You might be able to carve out time on the weekends or not.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re like me, you find yourself ferrying your progeny from one sporting event to another on most weekends.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Would-Be Author\u2019s Conundrum<\/span><\/h2>\n

The typical advice to reach authorial success is to develop the habit of writing daily or, at the very least, hacking out words regularly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How is that possible when eight-plus hours of the day<\/strong>, five days a week, is taken up by work?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some jobs are mentally draining, and writing requires the mind to focus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you didn\u2019t have to focus, it might not be so hard to craft sparkling prose after the children return home from school to stage gladiatorial contests at your feet.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Would-Be Author\u2019s Solution- Possibly?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are no easy solutions to these issues for the writer to state the obvious. Most of us, even those with published novels, can\u2019t afford to quit our day jobs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We have mouths to feed and mortgages and all the other trappings of modern life to pay for.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What I can offer is a flicker of hope to all the struggling wordsmiths out there by describing what works for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

First, try writing while everybody else is asleep.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Granted, this means either late nights or early mornings, but I find it\u2019s the only way to write daily or nearly so without constant interruption. Even on the weekends, I\u2019m up in the wee hours of the morning for quality time at the keyboard before breakfast and chauffeuring duties call.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I have to rise pretty early to beat my younger son. He wakes up no later than seven and often complains I didn\u2019t wake him up at four or five A.M.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other than having uninterrupted writing time<\/strong>, I like cranking out words in the morning because that\u2019s when my mind is freshest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have the workday detritus clogging my neural pathways.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You might wonder how one can stay awake while rising long before the sun. I go to bed early and drink coffee by the pot.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Life Interrupts<\/span><\/h2>\n

Of course, life will always find a way to disrupt your writing. This used to frustrate the heck out of me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Commitments in all their forms come up and require attention.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your kids get sick or have sports or will only eat the flavor of boxed macaroni and cheese that\u2019s sold out. Tough luck. That\u2019s life. Roll with it.<\/span><\/p>\n

I believe the best advice Stephen King offers in <\/span>On Writing<\/span><\/i><\/a>, and I\u2019m paraphrasing here, is to expect and accept distractions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no magical place where you will be able to write completely undistracted<\/strong>. Don\u2019t get frustrated. You\u2019ll bang out more words in the end.<\/span><\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Daniel<\/a>Dan Rice pens the young adult urban fantasy series The Allison Lee Chronicles in the wee hours of the morning. The series kicks off with <\/span>Dragons Walk Among Us,<\/span><\/i> which Kirkus Reviews calls, \u201cAn inspirational and socially relevant fantasy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

To learn more, visit his website: <\/span>https:\/\/www.danscifi.com<\/span><\/a> and join his <\/span>newsletter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Social media contacts<\/span><\/h2>\n