Choosing a daily time for novel writing

wellI am not writting a book but I do get up around 5 am then I have about 4 hours of me time for no one else is up and I get alot done inhere and other things I do on puter. after they all get up forget it am lucky to get back in here 15 min at a time then and by the time I get in this room at night well its almost bed time!

I only write when I feel inspired, and once I start I can keep going for hours. However as I still work full time I have little time to dedicate to writing.

okay I have written two books, the second a novel, although goals are important they must be practical, if you find you cannot write for 1hr then you cannot write for an hour, writing a novel is not a race, you goal is to put out quality not quantity. some people write several hours and it doesn't bother them, some only find the time once a week to do it. Just keep at it and you will get there.

im not a writer but if i like to do some crocheting..i do it after dinner maybe one to two hours the most..

I write non-fiction, mostly commercial stuff but I know what you mean about getting drowsy! I usually like writing at night when I have all my chores done and there's some good stuff on the radio. I don't do so well in the morning, it takes me awhile to really wake up and feel alive. I try to get up and move around every half hour or so. Sometimes I can almost feel my bottom getting fatter, I spend so much time writing!

actually, I wrote sometimes back then and still write for some serious topic for my blogs. honestly I have similar difficulties in writing and getting awake in the morning. back then I had a translating job (from English to my native language) and it was quite frustrating too because I found out that to do the serious translation sometimes I just couldn't let any disturbance coming. and really found that early morning was the best time when I found nobody or nothing disturb my attention and focus. the latest time would be five o'clock in the morning, and I would only have one hour to do the writing / translating job before everybody woke up. however, it was just hard to fulfill my 'commitment' to wake up early in the morning. few times I made it, but mostly I fell into sleeping state again. most of times when I finally gave up, I started to write at night, when it was around 10, and continued until midnight hours, and I believe, it also contributed to my late waking up at the next morning. however, when the deadline was just approaching, I finally decided to sacrifice my favorite TV shows in order to finish my translation and my writing job. I think there will always be any price I have to pay, either by being consistent in something that worked for me. so, finally, I skipped my TV watching and got my job done. after all, I'm always lost against waking up early in the morning, so the TV shows were what I had to pay back with. I was kinda giving a penalty towards myself. if the morning had been too tempting to get back to sleep, then I had to sacrifice my favorite TV shows, but when even TV shows were too tempting, I had to give up my earlier sleeping time. I must admit I'm kinda disorganized person. :( anyway, I hope you will be able to solve your writing time troubles. so, good luck for you. ;)

I would go for that 55 minute slot in the morning and then see if you can slot in more time during the day. Don't set yourself up to fail by expecting that you have to have "X" amount of time or you can't do it. I've known several professional writers that instead of time, have pages they expect to write, even if they throw them all away in the end. I think that sitting down at your story even 30 minutes once a day is better than not doing it because you expect you need more time and won't do it with less.

I know you probably are not talking about mylot, but this came to mind when I read this...Between 9 and 11, my daughter is just getting up and has to stand on top of me and talk and talk sometimes..Which is why I can't respond as quickly as I could if she wasn't there..But it is time I should spend with her, but when I am on a roll, it can get frustrating..

Day times are very hard for me to write. Especially with four kids running around the house. I find the best time for me is when they are in bed at night and then I am free to write for as long as I want, usually about two or three hours depending on how I feel. :-)