Writing Isn’t Just an Hour-a-Day Thing

Some people think writing is a tidy little hobby you do for an hour a day, like journaling before bed or sipping tea with your laptop open. But let’s be honest—real writing? It’s chaotic. It’s obsessive. It’s waking up at 2 a.m. to scribble a line you’re scared you’ll forget by morning. It’s pouring your heart into 20 pages… only to delete 19 and start all over again.

Writing doesn’t wait for “when you have time.” It barges in, demands your attention, and sometimes overstays its welcome. It can stretch into hours, then days, and even when you step away, your brain doesn’t stop working on that one stubborn sentence or that character who refuses to behave.

And the wildest part? After all that effort, you might still toss it out. Not because it wasn’t good—but because it wasn’t right… not yet. So, you dig back in. Again.

This isn’t about perfection. It’s about persistence. It’s about the beautiful, exhausting process of chasing the story until it finally slows down long enough for you to catch it.

So, good night to the storytellers out there—may the words that keep you awake finally find their way to the page.