Writer's Fallout Shelter

Lori speaks the absolute truth. I think every day piles on more and more comitments and responsibilities. But it's possible to use those "non-writing" comitments and such and use them for the good of your writing.

The other night my friends and I were going from a house down to a bar for Karaoke (which is not unusual). But this bar is on the beach. It was a beautiful warm night, but there was a lot of fog out on the ocean. The smell of the tide was so strong it stung my nose as I inhaled. Why am I telling you this? Because before my friends got there, I wrote about that in the notepad on my phone so I can use it later for a story I'm writing.

Another of the scenes from the same story came from a night out with my friends.
Basically what I'm saying is that you don't have to be actively writing (as in pen to paper or fingers to keyboard) to be honing your craft. Use every experience and file things away for later use. Practice descriptions in your head. Make up silly stories for what people are doing. At least that's the way I look at it because I don't have tons of time to write every day.