At the halfway mark of this blog challenge, I find myself at a loss for words. Funny thing for a writer to say.
Maybe the loss is that I've also spent time this week working on my other book and making good progress. I mentioned in a previous post about not talking a book out so you don't feel like writing it; maybe putting all your energies in one thing also depletes your energy for another.
Well, not really. I'm a multi-task writer, used to changing formats, - nonfiction to fiction - so that's not really the problem. I'm used to working on different things.
But it's Saturday. I need to finish a couple other stories and I'm going to the fair later. It's a good day to play.
I think sometimes the best thing a writer can do is, unless they have a deadline, or even then, take a break. Step away. Rejuvenate. Relax. The words will flow much better next time.
** Your Turn: I seem to be on a theme here - rejuvenating, taking a break. How do you recharge your batteries to get back to writing?
yup, i agree. those little "sabbaticals" from the daily regimen (it can even turn into a drag) are sometimes the best thing for the doc to order.
ReplyDeletehi, i find that i can't write as a fulltime job. because then, when i try to be creative, i don't want to write because it reminds me of work. i have worked with magazines and some books in my country, but now i wanted to find the "me" part that doesn't fit magazine formats or another person's story (I ghost wrote 3 books). So to get my creative juices going, i put my mind on automatic for 8 hours a day, doing assembly line work as a medical editor (fixing the grammar of transcribers in an mt company). so far, so good, my work is getting done and i see my personal stamp on the book i am in the process of writing.
ReplyDeleteIf I'm really rolling, I try to keep going. But it's good to take breaks, especially, for me, when I reach a point where I'm stuck for some reason. Then I get up, walk, exercise, take a nap, whatever I need to let my mind drift. Things come to me then. And I refresh and am ready to go back.
ReplyDeletePhotography--I grab my camera and hed ut into nature--preferably the Lake (I'm a water person).
ReplyDeleteIt's funny 'cause today I had the same 'loss for words.' Lack of inspiration even though yesterday was a very inspiring day for my writing.
ReplyDeleteI usually go for a walk to recharge my batteries.
I admit that I'm not good at taking a break. Heck, I can't take breaks at my day job without reading or jotting notes and such. Anyway, I do some photography, watch my daughter play softball, knit (but not well). Those things don't interrupt for long usually. And then, I'm back at it all over again.
ReplyDeleteI can't write for hours straight. I have the attention span of a a 4 YO.
ReplyDeleteSo I write or revise for 15 minutes. (I set a timer) then I do a chore. Or go for a walk. then set the timer again.
I tend to be more productive this way.
cmr