"Building a Routine"

Hello One and All:
Let's see, when last we left our intrepid writer (well, just go with it) we were talking about making the time to write. Now that we've cleared a few minutes a week (hopefully a couple hours at least) it is important to make that time count. Spending that time letting the mind wander down other paths (like where am I going out to later on) leads to the same conclusion as not writing at all...empty pages. It is important to stay focused on your writing for that fifteen minutes you've set aside, be it everyday or even just a couple days a week. After a short time those periods of writing should begin to lengthen and eventually build up to sitting down and knocking out an hour or two at a whack. It does happen. Professional writers can easily knock down several hours a day and still go on with their lives including spending quality family time as well.
I have written for as many as eight hours in a day and as few as five minutes. I've also spent many an hour just lolly-gagging around (I've always wanted to say that) accomplishing nothing during times I purposely set aside for writing. I often find myself distracted in a myriad of ways (including thinking up new ideas while I'm supposed to be working on a certain project) and in the end getting nothing done for that session. So, you see, I'm not immune to being waylaid by brigands along the path that wish me to follow other paths than the one I'm supposed to follow, "Writer's Row." {"PSSST! I did get some cool magic beans once by doing that. Now all I gotta do is sow them into the ground and reap my just desserts. MUAHAHAHA!!!"}
Anyway, building a routine for writing can take a while but it is well worth the effort. In no time the words will flow like water in a clear mountain stream. Okay, okay, there won't be a mountain stream (unless one takes a hike) but the words will come easier, resulting in more writing being accomplished. Isn't that the goal?
Have a Great Day!!!
The "Creature"