I think that's applicable to any kind of work, really.
I can't find any examples (my Google-fu is failing me), but I think a generally accepted practice that leads to productivity is having a space that you only work in. When you're in that space, all your brain is used to is doing work, and so it becomes much more difficult to be distracted. It's sort of the spatial equivalent of a routine you do every day.
This is often why people have an office or study at their home.
As for a schedule, that's a no-brainer (not discrediting you at all). Obviously if I say "I will work on this project from 7-10 every night, 5 days a week", then I get 15 hours of work in every week. This also factors into the whole space-routine thing, but I think far less-so, because the trickier part, I think, is figuring out that time in your schedule when you are least likely to be distracted.
I can't find any examples (my Google-fu is failing me), but I think a generally accepted practice that leads to productivity is having a space that you only work in. When you're in that space, all your brain is used to is doing work, and so it becomes much more difficult to be distracted. It's sort of the spatial equivalent of a routine you do every day.
This is often why people have an office or study at their home.
As for a schedule, that's a no-brainer (not discrediting you at all). Obviously if I say "I will work on this project from 7-10 every night, 5 days a week", then I get 15 hours of work in every week. This also factors into the whole space-routine thing, but I think far less-so, because the trickier part, I think, is figuring out that time in your schedule when you are least likely to be distracted.