Study: The early bird gets the (writing) worm
Grammarly analyzed writing from those who penned their prose in the daytime, versus night-owl efforts. They found that the earlier, the better, in terms of copy’s quality.
Despite what you may think (or how much more work you may accomplish) during the late evening hours (from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.), research shows that you are probably doing your prose a disservice.
A Grammarly study analyzed emails, social media posts and blogs and compared morning writing (from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m.) to nighttime writing. The findings showed that night owls made more mistakes.
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