They say that to be a successful writer you need a schedule. For years, I thought I had one. It wasn’t a good schedule, mind you, but I did have one. I had convinced myself that I was going to wake up early each day, write for two hours, then come home after my day job and edit for two more. That schedule ignored the fact that I was a chronic over-sleeper. It dismissed the fact that I usually crashed after work. Yet I just kept telling myself that that was my schedule. And I kicked myself each time I…