Make a conscious decision that it is important to you . Make it a priority . Force yourself to sit and write . I had this same problem for a very long time . I would procrastinate by watching YouTube videos or playing Fallout until I no longer had time in the day to write . Honestly ? I started doing NaNoWriMo on the first of the month and it has helped me create a fairly stable writing habit . I have a folder on Google Drive in which I create a new file for each day , write my words , and then be done with it . The next day , I do the same thing . It helps that you ' re kept socially accountable . It ' s nice to pop your word count into the site each day and watch your little bars shoot up toward the finish line . That all being said , it doesn ' t need to be that much time in a day . It ' s okay to still play games , but play them after you ' ve hit your target word goal . Reward yourself with the game rather than letting the game take away the future rewards of having a finished story .