Writing times. There are 24 hours in the day, so you would think that we would be able to find a couple of those hours to sit and write. But inevitably, we don’t, we waste away the day and then we wonder what happened and why didn’t we just sit and write. Sure we claim that everything else that we are doing is important, but is it really? Don’t we just find ourselves justifying our actions to make ourselves feel better about not writing?

　　Many of us have a set time of the day that is our time of the day to write. For me, I prefer the morning. Sure, I can write late at night and sometimes that is nice because it is quiet, the day is over and I have been thinking about things for some time. Then, there are times late at night when I’m tired, I can’t think straight, I have no ideas on what to write about; yet, I still have to write. It is times like these when you discover that you can push through and continue writing until you have accomplished your goal.

　　I prefer the mornings, it can still be quiet, my mind is usually awake, I often have a few ideas that my mind worked on while I slept. Besides, writing can be a good reason to justify why I can’t go running first thing in the morning. See, I knew there were advantages to writing in the morning. Through it all however, I do feel more productive in the morning.

　　So if we know when we are more productive, then why don’t we make sure we sit and write at those times? The easy answer is that life gets in the way. There are not always times that I can sit down to write first thing. I may have to run off somewhere and by the time I get home, there are a hundred other things that have gone through my mind which need done and writing is not always one of them. The more difficult answer to that question is, that we procrastinate. We find any excuse that we can to not do something. There are times that we don’t even know why we do it. So the best thing we can do is to look for a solution.

　　That solution is simply picking a time to write, whatever works best for you. For me that is the morning. Then you have to do everything you can, including forcing yourself to stick to that, it would be in your best interest. Try to keep from procrastinating and just sit and write. In those instances when life does get in the way, deal with it. That is, have a backup plan. Perhaps find the second best time that works for you to write and set aside that time. But whatever helps, stick to it.

　　So what is the best time for you to write and what works to keep you on track?
　　

　　Writing jiberish. There are times when we will write jiberish. Now, I can see two instances of this happening. The first is when you don’t know what to write about but you are putting words on paper and continuing to write anything that comes to mind until something meaningful comes out. The other time is when what you have written appears to be utter crap. Believe it or not, both of these instances are useful and have their own place in writing.
　　When you are freewriting or you begin to write nonsense words and phrases just to be putting words on paper, you are actually helping yourself more than you know it. You are building upon your creativity and forcing or demanding that your mind thinks up a subject. You are teaching your mind that you are not going to stop writing, so you might as well give me something useful to say. By forcing yourself to continue writing, you are improving upon the writing and creativity process. As you continue to write, you will eventually hit upon something that sparks your imagination and you have a topic to write about.
　　The second instance is what most of us feel like a lot of the time. We feel that what we have written is no good, but we keep putting words on paper. Even if that is the case and what you have written is utter crap, it’s not a complete waste.
　　I am of the frame of mind that I keep everything I have written, even if it is utter crap. That is because I believe that sometime down the road, it may spark an idea for me and I wouldn’t wan to have thrown it away and not have fodder for the idea. The other aspect of this is, that what you have written, may have been bad, however the idea is good and it just needs reworked. By reworking something bad, you may be able to turn it into something good.
　　The main idea is to do what we as authors do best, write and put words on paper. It doesn’t matter if the words are good or not, we are not to judge the work until it is complete, we are only to write. We worry too much about what others will think or if it is good enough. But the truth is, we need to stick to our job and write, otherwise we aren’t doing what we should be doing.
　　Correcting the work is for editors or at least ourselves when we are in editing mode. Judging the work is for critics and our audience. Leave those duties to those whose job it is. Our job is simply to write and at the time, we are to put out the best we are capable of at that moment. We are not to worry about anything else, just write.
　　So what do you think, does this make sense or is it just utter crap?