by Glenn Magas

Created on: October 01, 2009   Last Updated: October 13, 2009

The best time of day will be different for each writer. But if you are trying to rely on the best time in order to produce the best of your work, you will wait forever. This is a big excuse: waiting for the perfect or best time to be productive.

Unfortunately, the best time of day for a writer to be productive is usually that small window of time where he or she can't even write. If the writer can turn any moment of inspiration into a writing session, those are the times a writer can be the most productive.

Here are 3 Writing Tips to make any time of the day the best time to be productive. These tips serve to take those unexpected moments in time and capture them - and it takes only a few minutes.

Tip #1 - Morning Ideas: 20 in 5
Tip #2 - Stop, Jot and Write
Tip #3 - Make those prompts work

As a writer, the best practice would be to learn the habit of making every moment of inspiration work for you! These small windows of opportunity normally come and go, and the inspirational thoughts are lost more often than written down.

A writer should take note: what makes a good writer great? Well, they take these creative 'mind-nudges' and they stop the car, excuse themselves out of a meeting, or wake up and start typing on a laptop Unfortunately, writers do not take the time to do this: it is not that important - because if it was, every opportunity that knocks is an opportunity to turn those white pages black.

Your goal: Go from a non productive writer to a productive one!

Tip #1 - Morning Ideas: 20 in 5

Each and every morning take five minutes to jot down 20 writing prompts. They could be as simple as, 'a cat jumps from a fence' to something more dramatic like, 'a mom tells her kids she's dying'. Jot these down as fast as you can in 5 minutes.

Think about this: every morning you will have 20 writing prompts. One day of writing prompts is not productive. But several weeks, months or a year and you made your mornings productive without even trying. That's 7,300 prompts in one year if you create a habit to do it every morning. You will find that 2 minutes of your morning is all you need to 'be productive' - that's 2 minutes to spare!

Do this every day. Yes, every single day. Are you serious about being a writer? Do you want to be productive, then stop making excuses that you don't have 'time' when 5 minutes of your life is dedicated to being productive. Instead of setting your alarm for 7AM, set it for 6:55AM and start writing.

Tip #2 - Stop, Jot and Write

The morning

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