Quiet time to write?

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   tiginbanposted 14 years ago

   Where/how do you find quiet time to write?

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      dutchman1951posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Bookstore, at the window, with a coffee. take notes, watch people, write, brain storm ideas. spend a quiet morning.
      
      
      Jon

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      Specialk3749posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I carry a notebook of paper with me and when I get a few minutes, I can write.  I would love to have a room that was mine to be able to go to and read/write...maybe someday!

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         Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Another helpful tool......micro-casette or digital recorder, to have handy, so you can simply speak into it and save it.

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            Deborah-Lynnposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            You are so right, I need to get back to that, it does work, I don't know how I got away from it.............

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   R.Edwardsposted 14 years ago

   local library, although I do wish there were more computers. I wait until my roomates are not there and take all day on the computer, incredibly slow but with patience it gets done.

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   Blake Flanneryposted 14 years ago

   I like it loud, with music in my ears when I write.
   buy some in ear monitors and have it loud or quiet.  Earplugs  work for quiet.

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   BookFlameposted 14 years ago

   I've been at it for over 25 years and I have learned there are always distractions and interruptions, and that quiet and solitude can be absolutely unnerving and disquieting, if the writing isn't going well.  The only way I can write more or less consistently is to pretend I'm a receiver on a football team, catch (or recover) the ball of an idea, (which seems to come out of nowhere), and go as fast and as far as I can before something tackles me and I'm down.  But my feeling is, at least I made a few yards.  It's like that everyday. If you wait for "perfect writing conditions," you'll never write anything.

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      Jeffrey Nealposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I love it!

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      krwestposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Bookflame, your imagery about catching the football and running with it is great!  Thanks for sharing your perspective!

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   EWealthGuideposted 14 years ago

   I tell everyone in the house to turn the TV down, talk on the phone quiet, and don't interrupt me! then I lock myself in my office, and don't come out until I've accomplished what I wanted to do!

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   Janettaposted 14 years ago

   there is no such thing as quiet time in my house. If I can I put on my headphones, if not i just try to drown out the noise lol

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   rebekahELLEposted 14 years ago

   my home is very quiet during the day and some evenings, or I go outside so I can hear nature, feel the air. sometimes I take my notebook to a park near the water.

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   pioneer_writer5posted 14 years ago

   I usually wait until sometime that I either have the house to my self or everyone is in bed. But sometimes music becomes a muse for me as well as there are times in the day when I have to grab a pen because a thought comes to me.

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      Deborah-Lynnposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      

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   tiginbanposted 14 years ago

   What wonderful responses. Really gets you thinking how different we all are. My own quiet time is generally at the weekend, having spent some time outdoors.

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    LEWJposted 14 years ago

    Quiet time?      What the hell is that?

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       Deborah-Lynnposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            

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       Dame Scribeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       so true. Have teenagers running amok here. I jus shut the door with my *Do not Disturb, Brainwork in Progess* sign on the door knob

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    cally2posted 14 years ago

    My family hate mornings. I love the dawn. Get up early and procrastinate before everyone else gets up. Then when life comes banging through the doors write your best stuff.

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    Deborah-Lynnposted 14 years ago

    I get up before everyone, or I wait until they are all in bed,  then I take my tea pot out to the patio, sit on the bench swing and rock while I read Hubs or write,  the last two days I have dragged out my fur comforter and wrapped it around me, still out in the fresh air.  The birdsongs sometimes lulled me to sleep even if I just woke up, maybe it's too quiet???

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    earnerposted 14 years ago

    My life is one long, never ending quiet time.
    
    I live alone, I work entirely online from home, I don't know anybody for miles so nobody interrupts. 
    
    I chose a place in a quiet area too.  I love the quiet.

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    Jane@CMposted 14 years ago

    I try to get up before everyone else does, and take advantage of the time when I'm alone (rare!).
    
    I'm not making a dime, so often times I get discouraged and forget about writing hubs or articles and write my poems or journal.

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    tiginbanposted 14 years ago

    Oh, and I like to write on the train too.

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    hoodieweatherposted 14 years ago

    Actually, I think I get 60% of my writing done in my car while in a parking. Go figure.
    
    

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       Deborah-Lynnposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I love that Hoodieweather, it is wise use of otherwise wasted time,  and being in line or waiting times really add up in our lifetime!

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    myownworldposted 14 years ago

    early morning...once everyone is out of the house..and I can switch off my 'real' life for a while...and be alone with my thoughts...heaven!

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       Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       If you are that stressed out that you have to differentiate between "real" and "heaven", in the aspect that you referred to....would make one thing that you are very troubled by your situation?
       
       I severely hope that isn't the case.

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          Deborah-Lynnposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Cagsil,  take a quik moment and go to myownworld's hubs, you will be tremendously touched...I promise!

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             myownworldposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             u're a darling deborah!

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                Deborah-Lynnposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                Just speaking the truth, MOW, knowing Cagsil, I believe he will find your work truly penitrating and thought provoking...he needs people who have deep thoughts around him....

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             bloodnlatexposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             I second that.  She is an amazing writer that will bring you places that you never knew existed...

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    Cagsilposted 14 years ago

    The amount of time you spend waiting in line is actually the best place to get creative, so you can keep your mind active and ready for when you get home and in front of your computer, so you can write more hubs.
    
    Any down time, not spent on hubs, can be productive, because as humans have yet to realize......on average, we don't pay close enough attention to routine tasks, which allows our minds to wonder(yes that can be dangerous, but it is an all-too-common-occurance).
    
    Always keep your mind's focus on your future. If you do not, then you'll stumble and everything else will fall apart.

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    bloodnlatexposted 14 years ago

    I do my best writing after everyone has gone to bed, and I am left alone with my thoughts and a glass or Captain's Private Stock by my side.

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       myownworldposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       lol..ah...so now I know when to catch u at your best!
       
       (and thanks for your concern Cagsil, but my situation is quite to the contrary... it was a metaphoric way of speaking..cheers!

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          bloodnlatexposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I'm always at my best when you're around.  You bring it out of me...

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             myownworldposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             a charmer, my blood! how about we wait for everyone to go to bed first?

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                bloodnlatexposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                You certainly are a naughty one aren't you?

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                   myownworldposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                   well, I've never pretended otherwise my angel!!!

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       Deborah-Lynnposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Hey, that's my favorite too, Captain Morgan is a special reward for my special times - not too often......sadly!lol

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          bloodnlatexposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I'm with you on that....

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    Kidgasposted 14 years ago

    It's pretty quiet in my house at 4 am.

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    Cagsilposted 14 years ago

    On a personal note:
    
    I always go to bed, my mind thinks up so many different things and I have trouble getting to sleep.
    
    So many ideas flood my mind, as I lay down and at times, I get up and write down whatever comes to mind....just a basis for writing...not everything in my mind.
    
    Just enough I can lay back down and sleep.
    
    Sometimes, I use other(tools), per se, to sleep.

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    myownworldposted 14 years ago

    oh deborah....thanks darling...but I think we scared off the poor guy!! hey, Cagsil, come back and chill with us....

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       bloodnlatexposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I think he was scared off by deb saying that he would find your work penitrating!  That would scare me!

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          Deborah-Lynnposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          OH blood, are you "scared a me"?  I don't think penetrating was quite my intended conotation, silly boy!
          
          Anyway, want a bet he'll be back?

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             myownworldposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             ((((deb, blood has a devlishly dirty mind...don't let those eyes fool u))))

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       Deborah-Lynnposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       no no, he's off reading, he will return with lots' to say, I'll bet...have more confidence...lol;)

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    myownworldposted 14 years ago

    laughing...u two are quite something my friends! (deb and blood)
    my writing doesn't go with my pic actually.... it's the same in real life....amazing how people assess u by your appearance...and can never know what thoughts go on in your mind!

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       bloodnlatexposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I'm the same way!  My picture hardly represents all of the thoughts of puppy dogs and ice cream dancing in my mind.

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          myownworldposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          adds to your charm honey! it's like getting past those bloody eyes only to find thoughts of icecream within! such a relief i must say...

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          Deborah-Lynnposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             

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    Deborah-Lynnposted 14 years ago

    Yes, blood, your the one who ran away last time I brought up strawberry ice cream  lol, let's not go there...lol

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       bloodnlatexposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I couldn't help myself!

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          Deborah-Lynnposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          You were afraid to cross the line?  This is about quiet time and writing, does the time you spend in here help you write more?

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    caravalhophotoposted 14 years ago

    It is hard these days to get the quiet time and mental time I need to write, since spending some time in my daughters home with the kids.  I find I take every quiet moment I have just to jot down the jumbeled mass of confused and cluttered thoughts begging to be let out.
    I love complete quiet, sitting in front of my window that looks out into the garden, cup of coffee and probably still in my jammies.  Fall/Winter is my favorite time because I most likely will not have gone on a hike yet.  Summer time hikes I have to be out the door by 6am to not be bothered with the heat so I don't get the same routine.
    My hikes are another of my favorite writing times.  I take a hand held tape recorder and talk to myself, it is a very relaxing time and by myself I am able to say anything and remember it.

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