One of the issues I have with writing is burnout.
I know how to avoid it these days, but that doesn’t mean I don’t get overconfident. My burnout generally stems from having a lot of energy and ideas on one particular day and not pacing myself. I’ve written 10k words in a day and then been completely blank the next day.
And sometimes, what I wrote is not beneficial, it’s me writing myself into a hole that the following day, when energy is down, I’m less likely to find a solution out of.
When I have a ton of ideas about what should happen next, if I’ve achieved my daily goal (whatever that might be, set your own and stick to it), I simply leave myself a note, a prompt.
Sometimes it’s Post-It Note size. Other times, I’ll write it like an outline. But the key is to avoid burnout, so that the story can be completed instead of abandoned.
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