5 Tips on Pursuing Your Writing While Holding Down a 9-to-5 Job

From Savannah: You want to write a novel. You’ve wanted it for years—maybe decades. But between your full-time job, your commute, your relationships, and everything else that demands your energy, writing always seems to get pushed to “someday.”

Maybe you’ve tried to write after work, but by the time you get home, make dinner, and handle everything else life throws at you, the last thing you have energy for is staring at a blank page. Or maybe you’ve had bursts of momentum on weekends, only to lose all that progress when Monday hits, and the cycle starts again.

Here’s what I want you to know: you can write a novel with a full-time job. It’s not easy, but it’s absolutely possible—and I’ve seen hundreds of writers do it.