I don't know if many others experience something similar, but I will assume so; after all, I'm not that great of an anomaly...right?
I play piano, but I'm not, by any means, good at it. I'm similar to how many people start writing. I've never lessons for it and advance and progress at my own leisure. I've been playing since I can remember.
There were some times when I would bore of the keys, though. One can only sit in front of them for so long before it becomes less than desirable. Without a teacher, it isn't very difficult to not play for a week or two. So I would. Or, after a difficult piece that I couldn't master and would get mad at, I would put it aside for a month or so.
Yes, I would take breaks. But this isn't bad. Because you know what? When I sat down again, no matter how much later, I would find I had actually improved.
If you are up to your waist in it all day, every day, you will get tired of it, and, then, you might stop liking it. That is not good. That means that all of your work that you invested into this craft, this art, will have gone to waste. That means that, one day, you might not recognise the enjoyment of writing something spontaneously.
Instead of that horrible consequence, I suggest you do take breaks. No, not prolonged breaks that stretch out for years (because that's the reason I still suck at piano). However, if you're tiring of something, leave it for a week. Breaks are important.
If, though, you do take a break for a long period of time, do not really stop writing. Okay, you might not write a poem or a chapter every day, but you can still write an e-mail a day or practise your foreign languages regularly. Just don't get too rusty.
So, always keep writing, but don't. Simple enough.
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Helpful Procrastination
No FicciónPerhaps writing this book is procrastination in itself. But, at least, in doing so, I can help you. In this book, I'll be giving writing advice. No 5-page entries, just my advice in its most concise, blunt form. Enjoy.
