6:45 Close email and social sites. Open novel. Or business book. Or whatever writing job is at top of list. Might be blog - your own or someone else's. Focus is necessary. Fingers to keyboard for at least two hours is necessary. 

8:45 Make breakfast. More coffee, eggs, fruit. Dogs circle because you are in kitchen and that's the treat room. "No more treats!" you admonish them. Cat has curled up in a sunny spot by the sliding glass doors. You wish you could do that.

10:45 Bathroom break. More coffee. Adjust blinds to sun won't bake the pets. Turn ceiling fan on. Contemplate progress, or lack thereof.

11:00 Move away from actual writing to visit Facebook - finally, answers to the questions. Yay! Click a few links relevant to research on your writing topic. Answer phone, hoping it's your client who is supposed to call in half hour but you'd love to get the call out of the way now. Hang up on telemarketer. Sigh. Return to writing, adding the content from the research you just did. Smile because it's perfect! You are on a roll now! When client calls you rave about the progress. Client laughs, asks a few questions, adds another flavor to what you're doing, hangs up happy.

12:00  Head down, eyes focused, fingers fly over the keyboard. You're going to get 8 pages done today. Normal amount of writing is about 5, on a good day. Today is a terrific day! You might even finish this project tomorrow, which would make the weekend glorious!

2:00 Stand. Stretch. Find lunch...in the refrigerator. Leftover pizza. Not the best, but filling.

You're too anxious to get back to work, since it's going so well today. Drink some water, turn the coffee pot off (should have done that hours ago), trudge to your chair and dial the phone. Just thought of a question for the client; leave voicemail. 

3:00 Outlook reminds you there is an hour webinar this afternoon which you signed up for weeks ago and totally forgot about. You notice a series of emails about it and wonder how you missed them. You have half an hour to decide to listen or not... you choose to listen, while you continue working. It's not ideal, but you want to get this done!

4:30 Webinar was good but because you were distracted with your own writing, you did not get to take notes. You make a note of the link to access the webinar later on. But, in your heart, you know you will not. You know you will forget, or get too busy, or just decide you don't need it. Life happens, you remind yourself. You secretly wish you'd taken time to watch a little of it. Sigh.

5:30 Time to step away from the computer. Time to let the dogs out again, third time in two hours. You watch them chase squirrels in the backyard, going over your work, in your head. When they come back in, you make sure they have water, you give them kisses, and go back to your desk. You need to review and edit, and then let the content sit overnight. Tomorrow, you'll start off with a focus on review and editing, again. And, then, you'll finish this!

7:00 Done. Done for now. Before stepping away, joining your husband in the kitchen where he's already started dinner, you click into social media. Just for a few minutes, you tell yourself. And then, suddenly, your husband is calling you to the kitchen table... dinner is ready. "Just a sec," you call back. You have another tweet to send, a Facebook mention to thank, and a quick Pin to Pinterest.

7:20 Your husband comes and drags you away from the computer. "Your dinner is getting cold," he complains at you. You kiss him and thank him and promise that tomorrow you will stop at 6:00. He just nods. He knows you're lying. Well, not lying. Pretending.

Day over. Not really. There is more to any writer's day than this. Many writers start at end of day, after their 'real' job. Some work through the night, in a frenzy, because writing is such a passion, they can't live without it. 

How close is this to your day?