I think anyone with a true passion will find time for it, no matter how busy their schedule is. I was watching a favorite tv show just last night, where an artist was trying to encourage a friend of his to paint more because he liked her work and thought she could make it big and her excuse was that with a full time job, a toddler and another baby coming she had no time. his response was, basically, bullsh*t you're an artist. it doesn't matter how busy you are or what all you have to do, you have time for it, you're just wasting it. later in the same show, an author was talking to a friend who was wondering why he even bothered trying to write and the author replied by saying because as a writer you have to, you don't have a choice. writing is just as vital to us as food and air. Sometimes when you can't physically take the time to sit down and write something out, it helps to carry a personal recorder with you on your ride to work or where ever you happen to be that doesn't allow for pen and paper. Brainstorm out loud with the record button on. It doesn't matter what you say because you're the only one that's meant to hear it. My job requires that I drive between 8 and 900 miles every week, 7 days a week. I'm in my truck by myself and I spend a lot of that time brainstorming. I don't carry a recorder, but I remember what I was talking to myself about later. If I like how it goes, I make sure I find 5 or 10 minutes later in the evening to write it down even if I might not have a chance to elaborate on it for a while. It really helps. ~E.D.