writing and research

I have just finished reading ‘Do You Recognize the Early Warning Signs of Freelance Writing Burnout’ over at Freelance Folder and have to admit that I have been down this route more than once. When you are trying to run your own freelance writing and research business it is all too easy to keep pushing yourself until your writing becomes stale and wooden. I’d all ready posted on the RA page here how RA and its associated fatigue can interfere with your writing life, so I suppose people who do suffer from rheumatoid arthritis need to be doubly aware of burnout.

Permission to Take a Break

Sometimes we just have ot give ourselves permission to take a break from the business of freelance writing without feeling guilty. Learning to pace yourself as a writer will not only help to prevent total burnout, it should add more freshness to yur writing. I know full well that by the time I have written ten articles on bad credit or on home insurance, I am beginning to wonder whether sanity has gone out of the window. I’ve found that breaking up tasks and working on one project for part of the time and then on another, helps to break up the day and give me a fresh perspective on the rest of the project.

Most freelance writers will have experienced burnout at some stage of their career, the secret (as the above post appeared to be saying) is to recognize what is happening and to do something about it before catastrophe strikes. Try taking your laptop to the local coffee shop for an hour or two. Sometimes a change of surrooundings can do wonders for flagging creativity. So, take a break, pace yourself, write somewhere else, and last but not least be kind to yourself.

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• Just a Five Minute Writing Whinge
• When the Freelance Writing Gets Tough
• Write it Right, Right?
• Freelance Writing: Keyword Research and Other Writerly Things
• A Dog’s View of Freelancing

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