How many hours in a week do you allocate to writing?
Do you write more on week days or at weekends?
I allocate the whole weekend to writing, and about 2-3 hours each week day evening. When I am not editing, I write about thirty hours a week.
I have read blogs where agents have asked the same question. I can only surmise that the time an author spends writing is an important factor when an agent decides whether to represent an author. I believe a dedicated productive author has a better chance of hooking an agent, providing they are recognised as a talented writer.
Since I have sold off my industry / businesses, and my wife has been posted in a university abroad as a lecturer, with the kids all settled down; all I concentrate on is writing, as well as novel related occupations during the day. My debut novel is alllll done and ready, waiting to go to a publisher. I am already writing my second novel which is again a historical fiction. I have a good feeling about my work; I hope the publisher thinks so too!
i write at night when my children are fast asleep i manage about 4-6 thousand words only though really i should do much more but time and sleep and family commitments hinder this so i say good luck to all out there weather you are starting on a novel for the first time or your half way through either way you are troopers just keep going and you will get where you want to be.
I get in an hour and a half each weekday, which comprises 45 minutes each way on the train. Job, family, the need to stay fit and an unruly garden mean that I dont get any more time than that. It means I need to be diciplined so even if I dont feel like writing anything new I edit a previous chapter.