Right now, Project Succession is taking over my life and as much as I love the story, along with as much as I love writing it, regardless of the headaches—I need to work on another story.
I really need to do something else than only focus on Project Succession. Like I cannot focus on one story and have that be my world. I need to either push Project Succession to the back to focus my time and energy on something else, some other novel series.
I hate that I never got to start book 2 of Project Succession, but man I just need to focus on another novel.
I have ten novels that I want to write, whether those stories are standalone or novel series, the point is that I need to do another story.
Half of me knows I can’t do all ten novels at the same time because I am just not built that way. Yet the other half is eager to do it because she is batshit insane.
Still, I’m going to focus on some other novel set in Alagossia and try to finish it the way I finished Project Succession. I’m getting bored and annoyed with it. So, Project Succession is going on the shelf for a while till I am ready to go back to it.
i can definity relate as i have just as many stories but no time. If u want to do all of them and have the time everyday to do an update my suggestion would be to do writing five days a week only focusing on one story a day
I can only work on one thing at a time, and I can’t rest until that one thing is done.
I know how this feels! Like that one story becomes all you can think about…you have dreams about it, it’s like it becomes more real to you than real life. Very annoying! (♯^.^ღ)
That is how I’ve been feeling and I hate it so damn much.
I love Project Succession, but man! I just want to focus on something else. I’ve done enough drafts so I am good to push it to the back burner to have my attention on other things.
I need to do this for myself because I would rather not lose my shred of sanity with Project Succession. I love writing it, but it is time to move onto something different.
I divide up time by mood. An hour here, 30 min there…
Mood reader, mood writer XD
If I feel like, “you know what? I want to edit Alive At Dawn and immerse myself into the world of demons” then I do that. I might have other things to edit, but I let myself work on the project that I want to right now. That’s how I keep up motivation and enjoyment.
I also have a bunch of novels in different stages of doneness. First draft done, second draft ongoing, fifth draft ongoing, first draft writing, etc. So, I’m never stuck just editing which can be consuming and can lead to burnout.
I make sure I have a few first draft writing stories that are light or simple to work on and free my mind. Often short stories.
I have a lot of projects and I find the most productive method for me is to pick one project and work it through an entire stage (writing, editing, ect.). At the end of every stage the project needs to be put aside so I can come back to it with fresh eyes (or, in later editing stages, so that other people can have time to read it and give feedback), so while the first project is resting, I pick up a different project and work that one through a stage.
Limiting myself to one project at a time keeps me focused. And I get motiviation in two folds; one is that I’m excited to finish in order to work on other projects, and the other is that I get a little boost of accomplishment from finishing a stage.