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I've become a vampire.
« on: October 19, 2018, 04:11:07 PM »
I don't even write PNR and seriously I think I'm turning into one. It 2am my time and i'm over here writing like a crazy person. The words just don't stop flowing. Why cant I write at a normal time like regular people.  :writethink: :n2Str17: :writethink:

Are there any other crazy writers out there?
 
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Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2018, 04:13:07 PM »
Night Owl here, reporting for duty.
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Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2018, 05:30:36 PM »
Another night owl here. I write between midnight and 3am, give or take an hour each way.

Moi, does not do mornings any more.
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Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2018, 05:34:41 PM »
Used to be a night owl. Now I just own one, and keep a strict bedtime to avoid getting swept back into that nonsense!
I realized I had a problem when friends coming home from parties at 5am started writing me and I thought it was still around midnight  :dizzy


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Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2018, 06:20:23 PM »
Sames. I seem to be writing later and later too...or earlier and earlier. Used to start around midnight, now it's more like 2-5am  :lalala

Also, not to detail the thread, but how can I make a signature like y'alls? I tried doing the code like from KB and the book covers were 6 million pixels high  :icon_eek:
 
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Robin

Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2018, 06:26:16 PM »
I wish I could write during the night, but my brain switches off around 8pm  :n2Str17: I also need to be strict with bedtimes because of migraines.
 
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Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2018, 09:08:53 PM »
I used to be a night owl, and would happily stay up until 1 / 2am, but sadly the demands of a day job, and the four legged residents, mean I'm now getting up at what used to be the middle of the night.  I am not that happy about it, although I do feel I get more done.

Perhaps if I ever get to write full time, I will revert to vampire mode, too.  :icon_mrgreen:
     



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Jo

Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2018, 02:01:48 AM »
Not exactly a night owl. I get up very early  :banana:
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Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2018, 02:18:23 AM »
Another night owl here. I write between midnight and 3am, give or take an hour each way.

That used to be my writing time but I'll pay for it the next day if I stay up that late.


I realized I had a problem when friends coming home from parties at 5am started writing me and I thought it was still around midnight  :dizzy

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Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2018, 02:20:23 AM »
I realized I had a problem when friends coming home from parties at 5am started writing me and I thought it was still around midnight  :dizzy

Friends?  What are these things of which you speak?

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Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2018, 02:23:29 AM »
I'm bipolar, and part of my stability regimen is keeping "normal" hours. If I do like I did last week and stay up til 4:30 am reading several nights in a row, it kicks of a certain mania and I wind up spending more money than I can afford, usually on Amazon. My best writing hours seem to be b etween 12:00 noon and 4:00 - I have to stop at 4, for various reasons. I do my research after 4.
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Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2018, 03:57:12 AM »
I used to only be able to write (for myself) between 10pm and 1am. Unfortunately this meant I would spend most of my day exhausted since I would have to get up at 6 to get everyone ready for work/school. I'd spend all day at work, get home between 6:30 and 7:00 at night, play with the kids, do whatever was necessary, put the kids to bed by 8 and then relax (generally reading or watching TV) until 10. Unfortunately, that was a schedule I can only keep up for so long without burnout. Now, my alarm goes of at 4 am, I'm writing uninterrupted between 4:30 and 6:30, off to work, regular routine and in bed asleep by 9pm. Funny thing is, I getting twice the work done now than I was before (not to mention I'm way more alert and less grumpy with my kids).
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Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2018, 08:19:32 AM »
I'm the opposite. I get up early every single day and go to bed at a reasonable time every single night. I love getting up early and seeing the day begin. My dog actually sleeps later than I do!


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Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2018, 09:01:21 AM »
The single greatest improvement I've ever made in my life, and I'm including everything, is getting a memory foam mattress. It's pure bliss. I can't wait to get into it every night.

Aside from that, my writing prime-time is early seven am to two or three in the afternoon. They're the golden hours writing-wise, so I don't screw with late nights anymore. There's something about an early start that can't be beaten.
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Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2018, 09:06:11 AM »
I'm another night owl writer, since my most productive writer times are night and very early morning.

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Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2018, 11:53:40 AM »
I'm a night owl writer, but it would be fair to say I can write at any time. I drive Honey Bunny crazy because I can't sleep for more than four hours at a time. So, if I crawl into bed around eleven, I will wake up around three and if I don't fall back to sleep within ten minutes or so, I get up. I can't just lay there, looking at the ceiling, wondering why I'm awake. I'd rather just get up and do something. Most of the time either writing or painting.
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Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #16 on: October 20, 2018, 03:55:14 PM »
Sames. I seem to be writing later and later too...or earlier and earlier. Used to start around midnight, now it's more like 2-5am  :lalala

Also, not to detail the thread, but how can I make a signature like y'alls? I tried doing the code like from KB and the book covers were 6 million pixels high  :icon_eek:

Here's the instructions, from the Administration section: https://writersanctum.com/index.php?topic=589.0

On the subject of the thread, I'm a night owl too, but I also have a husband who has to get up early in the morning who doesn't always want to sleep alone, and cats who think 4 am is the perfect time for First Breakfast. So of necessity I try to get my work done during the day, but usually don't get started until the middle of the afternoon.

My best semester in college, lo these many years ago, I didn't have class until 10:30 in the morning, so I would do most of my homework and studying between 10 and 2 at night.
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Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #17 on: October 20, 2018, 06:56:49 PM »
I've been a night owl for many years but have been on holiday with family & they get up at stupid o'clock, so at the moment I'm going to bed earlier & getting up earlier but I'm sure I'll soon drift back into my 'normal' routine of being up until anywhere between 3 am & 5 am.
 
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Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #18 on: October 21, 2018, 06:20:13 PM »
I have to be up at 5:30-6 a.m. so an early bedtime is proper for me. Tonight, however, not so. It's my weekend, past 1 in the morning, and I'm writing. Think it was the coffee at 8 p.m.  :hehe
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Re: I've become a vampire.
« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2018, 03:09:41 AM »
Same. I do my best writing at night when the distractions are all sleeping lol ... there is also something about the mood at night, it's just easier for me to be creative.

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