“I wake early and hear my morning voices leaping around in my head like jumping beans. I get out of bed quickly, to trap them before they escape.” — Ray Bradbury
Are you a morning person/writer? How do you start your motor? What’s your favorite brew?
Up early, still dark outside, at the computer trying to capture the ideas my subconscious churned up overnight.
Not fussy about coffee as long as it has caffeine.
Morning preferred but not practical at this point in life so I tend to be a mid-day writer. No coffee or tea for me. I prefer good old fashioned water with lemon.
Up early, but don’t get into working on the WIP until late morning. Most forward progress happens in the afternoon.
Cat = 3:55 a.m. Me = 4:00 a.m. Like clockwork.
Mornings are hard. I stagger out of bed, grope my way to the coffee pot, and let the cat out before he destroys the house. Then, I sit down with my of coffee and my journal to make my Plan of the Day. (Today’s plan: Get ready for Snowmageddon.) By the time I’ve had two or three cups, I’m alive enough to write.
I used to be a night person. My work day started at 4:00 PM-ish. There were times when I realized there was more traffic on my way home than normal because I had joined the morning rush hour.
Then I went to work in education. First day, first meeting is at 6:45 AM. I debate just bringing a clean shirt, have breakfast and go or go home, sleep for two hours, shower and go.
Now I am a morning person. I am at my desk by 7:00. It is all of 8:30 right now.
Some mornings I wake early, roll out of bed, and go exercise. Writing might occur in the afternoon. Other times, I’m wide awake at 1:00 am and write until 3 or 4, then go back to bed and sleep until 9-ish. I’ve never tasted coffee, so no caffeine. No cat, either. No routine. Maybe that’s my problem.