i'm really hard on myself when i'm not able to make progress on my manuscripts because i feel like i always have to be writing, and i had to really learn this week to just let myself...rest. and lo and behold. my brain came back to me.

I wrote about being creative without being busy.
Especially when most of your work is solo, how do you keep the motivation going? What can you do to make it easier for you to be consistently creating?
The answer, plus some questionable analogies👇
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While you’ll occassionally have to push through a tough part of your draft, there’s always something to be said for giving your mind a moment to rest and recoup.
Lewis Jorstad • The Ten Day Draft: A Writer's Guide to Finishing a Novel in Ten Days (The Ten Day Novelist Book 2)
The biggest productivity hack, I'm discovering, is to be so attuned to my own inner rhythm that I know exactly what to work on and when at all times.
And that means being okay with doing nothing, if that's what I'm guided to do.
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