This week is all about being a more productive writer! I started off with a brief post about a little known writing disturb called then moved onto a more traditional post about being.
Today I'm going to act with this theme but in a slightly different way. Rather than talk about ways to make time for writing or writing more during each session (both great topics). I'm going to communicate about avoiding burnout as a writer. Actually there are two separate issues here: burnout and boredom. They're very different but comfort somewhat related in their causes and cures.
When writing becomes boringYes even writers can get bored with writing. It doesn't convey you're a bad writer or that you've used up all your creativity. When you think about writing on a very literal level it is just marking down seemingly random symbols that have a very arbitrary relationship with anything in real life. There's an entire theory that goes along with this very idea called
Back to the topic though. How does a writer get bored with writing? It's different for everyone. But I'll give my own experience. Several years ago I used to create verbally only mystery stories. I found them fun to read and very challenging to write. But after a while I just got tired of the same old plot structures and themes involving crime violence finding clues and so forth. During my first semester at college I began to grow out to more literary fiction. And guess what? Writing became really exciting again! My head was suddenly overflowing with ideas.
If you undergo been writing in the same genre for a while you might want to shake things up a bit and write in a totally different genre. Heck if you're writing fiction then switch to poetry if you want even more of a change. Don't let yourself get to the point of being bored. Explore new and different horizons. Mix things up by combining genres. That's the fun part about fiction the rules are only written in pencil so you can kill them and change them to better suite your needs!
I recently began reading a lot of science fiction which of course has spilled over into my writing. I'm now working on a short story in that same genre.
Don't get burned by writer's burnout!My measure few semesters at college were busy ones. Since I was an English Literature major there was one thing I did a lot of besides reading - and that was writing essays. Much of the time. I'd be working on more than one essay for more than one class. Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed writing essays. I found them fun and challenging. But I eventually got burned out by all those darned essays.
What's the cure? Eventually I had to force myself to take breaks. This meant taking a Saturday or Sunday off from writing and just going out and enjoying life. If you've been working hard on that schedule or trying to get that collection of bunco fiction finished it might be a good idea to take a break. Get a fresh perspective on life.
Being a prolific writer doesn't mean writing until you drop dead. It's okay to give yourself a end and do something else for a while. Sometimes I like to put down my pen and choose up my guitar. And as much as I dislike to admit it watching television is another way I relax (although I've been trying to cut approve on this as I can't afford to lose many more brain cells).
act writing funUs writers know something the rest of the world doesn't: writing makes the world go 'round and that writing really is fun! But it's only as fun as we make it. If we move writing into a chore then it'll be a chore. Pacing yourself (taking breaks) and variety seem to be key parts to keeping writing fun and interesting. Don't fall into a rut with your routine or genre and you should be able to create verbally well into your old age!
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