<h2>Don?t let the daily grind drain your creative energy!</h2><p>You can work full time <i>and</i> still have a productive writing life. Many writers waste time waiting for the day they can finally quit their day jobs and live the so-called writing dream. Don?t wait. You can do both ? and your writing will be the better for it.</p><p>Balancing a full-time job and a productive writing life is no easy feat! This book offers writers advice, skill-building techniques, prompts, and exercises in every chapter, and strategies on how to get and keep writing while also working the 9 to 5 grind.</p>Readers will discover tips and exercises for:<ul><li>Setting and protecting personal writing goals</li><li>Creating a schedule that complements their stamina</li><li>Getting creative before and after work - and on their lunch hour</li><li>Finding inspiration in the most unlikely of spots and at the most impromptu of times</li><li>Writing proficiently in multiple forms (long and short) so that they don't get bogged down writing one long project</li><li>Becoming an active participant in writing communities so they have a solid support system at the ready</li><li>Figuring out how (if at all) to share their writing life with co-workers, friends, and family members</li></ul><p>You?ll also get quick, practical tutorials to help you master scenes, point of view, characters, settings, dialogue, and more.</p><p><i>Writer With a Day Job</i> gives you the strategies and motivation you need to work 40 hours a week (or more!) and achieve writing success.</p>