Writing Withdrawal Back to Blog
It’s been about two weeks since I worked on a manuscript, and I’m starting to get twitchy. Time to get back in the saddle and start cranking out another story.
I like to take a break between books. Rest my mind. Let the characters drift away from me so that I can start fresh. But, if I go too long without writing, well, I really start to miss the process.
And the twitchiness ensues.
For the other writers out there, does this happen to you, too? When you’re between stories, do you feel the gnawing drive to get back to a new WIP? I think two weeks might just be my limit. So, starting Monday, I’ll begin a new manuscript. Since I’ve just gotten an offer on my house (woo-hoo, finally!) and will have to move out of the current place and into the new home in about three weeks, I won’t have as much time to devote to the new story as I’d like. I’ll aim for five pages a day, half of my normal output, but that should be enough to stop the withdrawal shakes.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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Congratulations on selling your house!!! I bet you feel so much better.
I feel itchy when I’ve let too much time go between books. I’m so eager to get back to writing. So have fun writing, and I hope the moving is smooth.
I get scary when I’m not writing! LOL. My eyes glaze over, and I might watch a few movies, read a few books, but it’s like part of me is thinking of the next book, the next ride! And good luck on the move too!
Thanks, Edie! The house was on the market a little over five months, and, honestly, if I’d had to clean the house for a show one more time…I think I might have gone crazy. I am not a very happy cleaner. And it’s nice to know I’m not the only twitchy one!
Hi,LaDonna! I think my eyes might have started to glaze in the last few days…hmmm–is that what the fogginess was? And here I thought I just needed new contacts!
Cynthia, congrats on the house offer.
I also get twitchy. A sort of uneasy feeling. I know I should be writing, no matter how much I tell myself I’m taking a break 🙂 .
Thanks, Michelle! I’m excited about the move–but seriously dreading the packing and unpacking part.
I think that twitchiness is a kind of writer’s guilt. We feel like we should be writing…