How to Balance Writing and a Crazy Life

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This week I've been reprinting my Best Writing Advice posts, so here's another greatest hit pulled from my Five Easy Questions series.

Feel free to chip in with your tips below, I'll print the best ones in a future Greatest Hits Post...

Earlier this year, Erika Dreifus, the writer's market guru, riffed off her Poets & Writers article about Low Residency MFA programs--university writing programs for working adults.

Here, she delivers solutions for swamped writers:

"I think that it's an enormous challenge to balance a "day job" and/or a family with writing. And I consider stay-at-home moms to be working full-time, too, even if they aren't financially compensated for their work. Few people work harder than my friends and family members who are also moms.

"At the same time, many parents I know are also some of the best multi-taskers I know. If anyone can "balance" competing commitments, they can.

"One point that's often made about low-residency programs is that they appeal to precisely this group: writers with other important responsibilities and commitments. The "low-residency" format, as its name suggests, allows the writer to maintain his/her home and professional life with short breaks for on-campus residencies."

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