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@mgtask @r-m-archer @eden-anderson @thewirelessblade @the-fledgling-artist

Hey everyone!

Just popping in to throw some ideas and tips out. 😉

Mentally:

It helps me to get someone else excited about my project. And preferably someone I know and someone I see often so they keep asking about it and keep me accountable for it, and to give me the energy to keep going just by being excited. 🙂

Also, I’ve found for working out plot holes and things like that talking about it out loud to a person, even if they don’t ask questions or pay attention, can be very helpful for me. Guess I’m a verbal processor? *shrugs*

Physically:

On a day to day basis of getting bogged down, it helps me to take walks or get up and stretch every hour or so. Do the Pooh Bear exercise. “Up, down, touch the ground.” 😉 Or wall sits. Or cartwheels outside. Just something to get up from the computer.

Finger exercises are good too, and neck exercises, and also, eye exercises to keep them from aching due to staring at the screen for long periods of time.

Take a deep breath and look away from your screen. Focus on something far away, such as a tree out your window, a field across the street, or something like that. Count up to twenty and cover your eyes for a little bit, then focus on the distant object again.

Making sure you’re not slouching over your screen is a good thing too. And sisters who give amazing back massages. 😉

You guys might not have been thinking of a physical burnout here, but I find that its really important to take care of your self physically to keep yourself from getting achy and grumpy which then makes you miserable and then sick of writing. 😛 (Speaking from personal experience here.)

Anyways, I hope that was somewhat helpful. It might not have been exactly what you were looking for, but it helps me get through projects. 🙂