Fluctuations in Creative Output (Times When You Can't Write)
I think it's a reasonably common situation to have an ongoing creative project and find at times that you just don't feel up to working on it. It's happened to me with Mermaid Liaisons a couple of times, most recently last weekend when I was feeling ill... but it continued on into all of last week even when I'd pretty much recovered from the bug. I kind of wanted to be writing, but just didn't feel like I could face doing any, or like I'd be able to produce anything. It was this Monday before I was writing script again, though I've been getting some good stuff written since then.
I'm curious: Several of you either are at the moment, or have been at some point, in the process of working on a reasonably large ongoing creative work: a novel, a game, a comic, or assorted other possibilities. How do you handle times when you don't feel that you can do any creating tonight? Even if it drags on for a week or a month?
I'm thinking primarily of things that you work on in your leisure time rather than professionally, though insights from professionals could certainly be interesting too. And also I'm primarily interested in things that you really want to get finished, that you're emotionally invested in; there's less tension of whether to force yourself to keep on going if the whole thing is just "meh, not too bothered".
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I'm curious: Several of you either are at the moment, or have been at some point, in the process of working on a reasonably large ongoing creative work: a novel, a game, a comic, or assorted other possibilities. How do you handle times when you don't feel that you can do any creating tonight? Even if it drags on for a week or a month?
I'm thinking primarily of things that you work on in your leisure time rather than professionally, though insights from professionals could certainly be interesting too. And also I'm primarily interested in things that you really want to get finished, that you're emotionally invested in; there's less tension of whether to force yourself to keep on going if the whole thing is just "meh, not too bothered".
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