If you can be protective of your writing time and impress on your friends and family that they must also respect it, you will have vaulted one of the trickiest hurdles for new writers.
If you can be protective of your writing time and impress on your friends and family that they must also respect it, you will have vaulted one of the trickiest hurdles for new writers. So, if appropriate, explain your writing schedule to those that live with you, and make it clear that during those times you are not to be disturbed (unless it’s a genuine emergency, and needing a sandwich made does not count as an emergency).