Last weekend I went on a retreat that really got my juices flowing again. It was the perfect combination of time to socialize with my fellow writers (amazingly intellegent, witty, and wise folks) and time to work in a visually soothing and blessedly uninterrupted environment.
I came home Sunday evening from the retreat ready to work. And work I have! But by the following Saturday I noticed that I wasn't able to concentrate anymore. Soooo... this weekend I'm taking another kind of retreat - a retreat from writing.
Perhaps I'll putter around and get some housework done, go for a walk, browse the shops, lure my husband out to dinner and a movie, soak in the tub. Maybe I'll make a much needed trip to the grocery store. But no worries. i'll be back at the keyboard Monday. Because I just can't help myself.
Do you ever find you've temporarily written yourself out? What do you do to recreate yourself while you give the muse a rest?
Something that's helping me write today: taking a day off from writing.
I came home Sunday evening from the retreat ready to work. And work I have! But by the following Saturday I noticed that I wasn't able to concentrate anymore. Soooo... this weekend I'm taking another kind of retreat - a retreat from writing.
Perhaps I'll putter around and get some housework done, go for a walk, browse the shops, lure my husband out to dinner and a movie, soak in the tub. Maybe I'll make a much needed trip to the grocery store. But no worries. i'll be back at the keyboard Monday. Because I just can't help myself.
Do you ever find you've temporarily written yourself out? What do you do to recreate yourself while you give the muse a rest?
Something that's helping me write today: taking a day off from writing.
