Sometimes if you write too much about one topic, it can get to feel a bit stale. Let it go on like that long enough and it becomes completely uninspired drivel. (Kind of like most of Aaron Sorkin’s TV work.)
So how do you combat writing fatigue? The only answer I’ve found that works but keeps you writing is variety. Churning out a lot of screenplays? Take a day off and try some poetry. Grinding away on long fiction with no end in sight? Do a blog entry.
The point is to change it up, like an overweight person trying an Orovo regimine instead of the local deli’s all-you-can-eat special. Too much of just about anything can get a bit routine after a while. Keep writing – just write something different now and again.
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