You know the time when your muse (or
whatever kind of inspiration you have to keep you going) seems to have gone for
a perpetual holiday? When going to write
feels like going to the dentist?
If you’re feeling this change, fear not,
for one of these solutions might get you your mojo back.
1) First and most important, read. If you haven’t had the chance to read
anything lately, grab a book of your favourite author and get to it. Or, if you have been reading, but nothing
that excites you (Jane Austen in my case), try shaking it up and grabbing an
old favourite from the shelf.
2) Next, it might be a problem related to
what you’re writing. Try writing
something else. Say you’re busy with a
novel and you’ve had an idea for a short story for a while now, get busy doing
that, at least until you’re back on track.
Alternatively, try something new with your current project. It might be that you’re bored with the
current scene or chapter, and you know what they say, if you’re not interested
in what you’re writing, no one else will be either. Change something and go on.
3) Take a break. Give yourself a week or two in which you do
no writing whatsoever. Maybe deadlines,
family crises or world apocalypse is getting you down. Sort out everything and recover, then go back
and see if your mojo has returned.
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