These are amazing tips! I love the idea of participating in other creative activities, such as drawing, baking, and reading. In fact, these activities often get me excited to return to my story. For instance, I often draw my characters to help me figure out their personalities and appearances. Similarly, reading allows me to appreciate and engage with other authors' creativity.
Yes! I love to read or bake as a rest break! Baking seems to reset a lot of things for me, and I end up with delicious snacks, so it’s a win-win all around!
Love this!!! So far, what I’m finding to help from burning out is to keep my weekends writing free, using the time to do my other hobbies (especially reading) instead. I’m also toying with the idea of taking a month off on a yearly basis after seeing how beneficial it was for my creativity and motivation to take this past December off (I did it because of needing to focus on having a baby but I see no reason why I can’t do that for simpler reasons too lol)
I love this, Clare!!! Definitely tucking it away for the future when I’m scared to take the time to rest ❤️
I’ll probably bookmark it for myself later too haha!
These are amazing tips! I love the idea of participating in other creative activities, such as drawing, baking, and reading. In fact, these activities often get me excited to return to my story. For instance, I often draw my characters to help me figure out their personalities and appearances. Similarly, reading allows me to appreciate and engage with other authors' creativity.
Thanks for sharing this advice, Claire!
Yes! I love to read or bake as a rest break! Baking seems to reset a lot of things for me, and I end up with delicious snacks, so it’s a win-win all around!
Love this!!! So far, what I’m finding to help from burning out is to keep my weekends writing free, using the time to do my other hobbies (especially reading) instead. I’m also toying with the idea of taking a month off on a yearly basis after seeing how beneficial it was for my creativity and motivation to take this past December off (I did it because of needing to focus on having a baby but I see no reason why I can’t do that for simpler reasons too lol)
I’ve enforced a few weeks to a month off from writing or editing before and it does wonders every time!