Writing Tips: Take a Break, Then Get Back to Work
If you are like me, when you really get into a project, you kind of keep going ‘til there is absolutely no energy left. This can be dangerous. Why? Well, when you get back up from that writing binge… there is a possibility that you will not want to go back to it to finish it, or at least you will start to put it off because your subconscious does not want to binge like that again.
Take a break. This is important. I know that life can get all caught up in the soup along with your writing. That is ok. You need to step back every once in a while and look at what you are doing. Re-assess the priorities in your life. You may find that you are spending way too much time watching TV or surfing the internet instead of doing the things that are actually productive.
This time you take, can refresh your mind. It allows your mind to relax, thus forcing all those pesky worries and frustrations to the back burner so you can relax. Once you are relaxed, it will surprise you how well the ideas will start to make their way into the space you have provided. These ideas could be for your current novel, or for future stories. Write them down. When you move back into the chaos that is your life, you will be glad that you did. There is no way that the average person can remember every idea that springs into his/her head.
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