What time of day do you write?
I’m sharpest in the morning, so getting started before 10 a.m. is ideal. If I had a day with no other obligations I would knock out my goal word count, whether it’s 500 or 1000 words, first thing. But I work full time so that doesn’t happen very often. The main thing is to start before 10:00 even if that means cranking out 150 words in the last 20 minutes or so that I’m getting ready for work, just to ensure it’s begun. Then I can come back later in the afternoon or evening and finish it up. I’m a little jealous of those people who do their best work late at night. My brain is just not wired that way.

