Does anyone write better at daytime, then at nighttime?  Is that even possible?  

I'm a night writer.  Are there any day writers out there?  

Why do night writers find it easier to write at night time?

If day writers exist, why do they find it easier to write at day time?

I only know that it is easy for me to write at night because my mind is more lucid and I've nothing else to think about. I finally slow myself down to the point that my creative mind can take over and flow forth with the good ideas. What used to happen to me is I'd go to bed, and then get hit with an idea. I'd get back up and write it all down before I forget about it. I just hit a state somewhere between awake and dreaming...kind of an overactive ability to daydream.

Since I've lately been writing at work, this is between 4pm and 1am where I am. At work, I can't go lucid on everyone, so I have to consciously be creative and daydream while keeping the other side of my brain active and ready to do my job. It's a skill and I've worked at it to the point that I can make my creativity work for me instead of waiting fo it to strike. If I am given the time to sit down and write, I know I can do this during the day.

I imagine ayone who regularly writes during the daylight hours just finds this time frame convenient for then to let their mind rest long enough to switch gears.

I think it's easier to see my characters at night.  It's easier to get into their minds, and see things from different perspectives.  Easier to focus.  Less of the wrong kind of distractions, more of the right kind of distractions.  Even light is a distraction.  

But I'm in a situation where I have to figure out what to say to a non-writer who says I should script during the day, and sleep during the night.  This particular non-writer tells me that I should be able to script at day just as easily as I script at night.  I want to come up with something that can explain "night writing" to someone who doesn't write.

Well, the basic reason that most "normal" people might understand has been said already: no distractions. No errands to run, phones to answer, places to be, people to see, nothing. Everyone ELSE is asleep meaning that your corner of the world is quiet.

Even while I was writing this post, one of my children came in to ask me about something, so I had to stop writing this and answer her before I could finish this. When you're working on creating something, that will derail your train of thought very quickly.

Then again, to the night writers, I will not ethat a suggestion I read once about writing is to ensure you write daily anmd make time for it. This means teling all the distractions of he world to buzz while you enter your little world. If you make time to write during the day, you can probably do it. The night time is just convenient because that when everyone conveniently stops bugging you without you having to tell them.

George.  Both of your posts in this thread are 100% correct and useful, and your words have helped a lot in the situation I hinted at.  Thank you.  

I can write anyplace, anywhere and anytime..

If there is crazy noise then this is a no, no.. But I can switch the power on my laptop and just write..

I can re-write a full length screenplay draft in 16 hours too..

Edit a short in about 4 to 5 hours straight..

Big head ain't I?

I need it to fit my brain in..

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Kevanski  

I tend to write between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m.
Not good for me, but those are the hours available.

I prefer writing in the morning, just after I've awakened.
That's when I'm freshest and most enthusiastic.

For as long as I can remember, I am a night owl.  But in those wee hours of the morning, I prefer to watch movies, not write.

I've shown very little ability to produce when I'm on the verge of sleep.
Most of the time my head smashes the keyboard.
Those are the breaks, ha ha.

I'm a daytime writer.

I can be pretty sharp during the day, my brain moves fast and ideas come easily and I type faster too. The problem is, like George said, there are too many distractions, phones ringing, people talking and moving about, food to cook laundry to do, animals to take care of and so on.

The only time I can relax and be by myself is after 11 or 12 at night. Too bad this is not when my brain is it's sharpest, but this explains why I'm so slow writing scripts.

I'm definitely a night time writer. I try to write during the day, but I'm always distracted. There is a time, however, when it gets too late and I become sloppy. But I'm too determined to keep writing that I don't realize it until I go over the script later.

I am a night writer. For some reason, I do my best thinking between the hours of 11 pm and 2 am. Go figure. from about 2-4 I usually watch movies before falling asleep and waking up at noon and start my day again.

Shelby

I'm also a night writer, I find my creative juices flow mostly at nights. Although I write during the day if I have the time, but it's mostly by night that I can relax and really think about what I want to see in my head before the transition onto paper.

I'm 50/50. I can do both, but like to write at night, because of the fact that no one is up whem I write.

I write from 8-12 PM to AM because I like writing when the others in my home are slowly filtering off to sleep and I stay up alone. Just because of how limited the distractions are at night.

It takes me about 14-18 hours to write a feature length script...

4 to 5 hours of revising?!!?!?!?!?

I revise for less than an hour, and then rewrite it...

I'm a bartime writer, a lootime writer and a bed..wait, wait,  it is my wife time though!

Daytime, night time, any time.  Things go better with rock.

Sorry.  Couldn't resist.

I write whenever I get the chance, in between work, the girlfriend and kids.  This always varies; day, night, noon, evening.  I don't have a choice but to bring my A-Game with me, because Lord knows when my next free time will occur.