When are you most productive?

by Michaela E. M. Else
24th December 2012

As we enter the back end of the year approaching christmas I find myself more productive in my writing, drawing or just pure brainstorming. Over the past few days I've created a breed sheet for the breed of horses from my novel and other creatures. I've also added another 15,000 words to the word count to the first novel (including minor editing - this is an achievement for me).

But I also find I'm more productive at my art in the mornings and my writing at night in the wee hours.

What time of day, month or year do you find yourself more productive?

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For me, it's usually between about one and four o'clock in the morning. I think it's because when I was at uni and living with my parents, that was the only time in the house that was quiet enough for me to focus on anything for any length of time.

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I'd say about 9 in the morning? Get a breakfast and some coffee/tea inside me and then keep going until lunch.

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Autumn, at any moment, with or without the sound of TV in background, but something not too much distracting

Or at night, late at night (between 2 and 3 am) !

Sometimes I even get out of bed in the middle of the night just to write a sentence (wich eventually grows up in a paragraph, so I have to do this again 3, 4, 5 times)

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