Restricting Creative Projects
Restricting creative projects can be hard. I've been struggling, lately, with a list of things I want to do. There are short stories and webcomics, videos and forums. There is so much I want to create and engage in, and there are never enough hours in a day. My ideas are flowing like water, and it’s hard to contain them. Each one I write down for later strains my sense of what I need to be getting done. This gets me stressed and stress means less sleep and more of a slog the next day at my word processor, struggling to get the day’s word count in. I think part of the pressure to pursue all of my ideas at once comes from comparing myself to other, already successful authors whose lives I wish I could live - authors like Neil Gaiman and John Green. They’re very active on social media and engage their audience through so many projects that I often wonder when they even find the time to write! It’s not about fame, for me, just the freedom of doing all of the things you want to. They h...