Am I writing yet? No. But am I doing better? Yes! Taking the time away from my writing is not only giving me the rest I need, but also giving me distance from how I write. I started reading through my manuscript that I had developmental edited. I'm thrilled by the style and voice of… Continue reading Sometimes all you can do is rest
I feel like I've been asleep for the last few months. Maybe it's the weather changing, the daylight waning, or even just the burnout talking, but I feel like there has been a fog over my mind. Burnout is a wild beast. My focus is asleep, everything I try to do is boring, and worst… Continue reading Burnout is like forced hibernation
I have a special place in my heart for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). It's how I kept up my writing during high school and college and into "adulthood." But, it's also a ridiculously difficult goal to keep when you don't have as much free time as before. Not only the free time, but I… Continue reading On not doing Nanowrimo this year.
There's a lot of creatives who will tell you that in order to have original and interesting ideas, you first have to let yourself be bored. Heck, to have any new ideas you have to be bored. Why? Because that gives your brain enough time to try and make something up. If you're constantly running… Continue reading Burnout Recovery – Doing nothing
It has come to my attention, thanks to a dear friend, that I am doing "a lot" right now. Which honestly, fair. When I break it down into a to do list...it makes me tired to look at. Line-edit freelancing Drawing class 1x per week Writing critique group 2x per month Wedding planning Working standard… Continue reading It’s not writer’s block…it’s burnout
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