Raylin Fall
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What’s your tips
What’s your tips
Star Wars Roleplay: Chaos
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Discussion How to avoid burnout
- Thread starter Raylin Fall
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Stop caring about leaving people waiting and write when you feel like writing. The more pressure you put on yourself, the less fun you'll have, and the less you'll write. This is a hobby, not a job.
spinning a dark web
Truth is... you don't. Everyone gets it at some point. What specifically has got you feeling burnt out though? My recommendation would be to try and write something you have rarely, or have never, written before. Fresh ideas, fresh perspectives. That, and/or doing something that gets the ideas flowing. I usually get a lot of ideas while Im out walking.
Kurayami Bloodborn
Drunken Savant
Play a game, listen to music, or watch a show that resonates with you. Try to find aspects of your character or plot hooks for them in the media. Then twist the ideas into a Star Wars setting or to more closely mesh with your writing style for your character.
Son of Iron & Gold
To piggyback off of this point, (and this might sound counterintuitive), having a larger character roster helps me with this. That way I have a variety of characters I can bounce between when the muse strikes, which keeps things feeling fresh. It doesn't work for everyone, but it definitely has helped me at least stay somewhat consistent with my RP.
God amongst mere mortals
Burnout is not the enemy its your friend! Its honest and human and a reminder that everyone else is the same. Limited in energy and creativity. Burnout is disliked only due to communal expectations and cuz its precieved by others as a disruption. "The story was just getting good!", "I have to redo my character arc now.", " Did I do something wrong?"
All those questions or responses that one may get are valid and OK. But so is your burn out.
I embrace burnout. If I dont have the energy anymore then I wont post or i'll post on my own time. Sometimes i'll tell my writing partners and sometimes I wont. At the end of the day Chaos will be here when I return and I can start back from where I left off or I'll make a new story. The people waiting on me can perceive it anyway they wish, I have come to accept the pattern I have observed over the years on SWRP: Chaos...
Some threads are more popular than others. Not every thread lasts as long as individuals might like or want. Thats OK. A community may be temporarily upset or disappointed if a thread fizzles out due to x, y or z reasons. Its normal to want something predictable, that has continuity and control and that's OK. Whats not OK is when its expected and internalized. The truth is, that same community will eventually move on and find another thread and it loops over and over again, but their feelings or expectations are their own.
Imma go do me.
TLDR: Burnout is creative rest. Embrace it. Stop fighting it. The more you fight the longer and worse it gets for you and others. Goal is collaborative RP but not at the cost of yourself.
All those questions or responses that one may get are valid and OK. But so is your burn out.
I embrace burnout. If I dont have the energy anymore then I wont post or i'll post on my own time. Sometimes i'll tell my writing partners and sometimes I wont. At the end of the day Chaos will be here when I return and I can start back from where I left off or I'll make a new story. The people waiting on me can perceive it anyway they wish, I have come to accept the pattern I have observed over the years on SWRP: Chaos...
Some threads are more popular than others. Not every thread lasts as long as individuals might like or want. Thats OK. A community may be temporarily upset or disappointed if a thread fizzles out due to x, y or z reasons. Its normal to want something predictable, that has continuity and control and that's OK. Whats not OK is when its expected and internalized. The truth is, that same community will eventually move on and find another thread and it loops over and over again, but their feelings or expectations are their own.
Imma go do me.
TLDR: Burnout is creative rest. Embrace it. Stop fighting it. The more you fight the longer and worse it gets for you and others. Goal is collaborative RP but not at the cost of yourself.
Disciple of Faith
Burnout is not something one can avoid completely. It sucks when it rears its head but its a sign to you that you need to take a step back and take some time for yourself, for however long that is or may look like. As others pointed out, this is a hobby. It is not a 9-5 where you're getting paid, where you have to show up. You can write and come and go as you please and no one can tell you otherwise. I would take some time, maybe ask yourself why you're feeling burnout in the first place. Are your stories not grabbing your attention? Is irl just sapping your energy? Is there drama going on on site? Is the character you are writing with just not sparking your muse as much as you'd like? Or maybe it is something simple like taking on too much all at once. Having multiple characters with multiple replies to get to can contribute to burnout really quickly too. If this is the case, I'd focus on wrapping up those threads and then letting those characters lie for a little bit.
As other stated here already, don't be afraid to acknowledge burnout. Accept it and listen to it. Take the breaks you need - they do wonders. Hope this helps a little bit.
As other stated here already, don't be afraid to acknowledge burnout. Accept it and listen to it. Take the breaks you need - they do wonders. Hope this helps a little bit.
Tamsin Starfall
Legacy of Destruction
Burnout always catches up to you eventually. Just got to find ways to wait it out and ride that wave.
Burnout isnt the worst thing in the world though. I find it worse when your not burned out and full of great ideas but when you go to write one you just cant for some reason no matter how hard you try.
Kind of where I am at the moment stuff I want write or but just cant get it to the page correctly or at all.
Burnout isnt the worst thing in the world though. I find it worse when your not burned out and full of great ideas but when you go to write one you just cant for some reason no matter how hard you try.
Kind of where I am at the moment stuff I want write or but just cant get it to the page correctly or at all.
Kitter Bitters
Trying Hard Not to Flake
This made me feel 100000% times better so thank you for saying this! I get super stressed out when I leave people hanging but the truth is a lot of threads don't finish. Sometimes stories also drag on past their usefulness and it's better to just break ties and start new.
Kitter Bitters
Trying Hard Not to Flake
This helps me too! I get super stressed out trying to plan my main character because I take her way too seriously, and because I've done everything there is to do with her so she's boring. I've found that when I fall into a rut if I just switch to a new character I have a blast.
Action Hero
For me the key is patience. Don’t overextend myself by joining new threads while waiting on others to post when I have extra time, because then I get involved in too many active threads and get very overwhelmed when I don’t have time. Try to keep it tight so that when your availability changes, you don’t feel like you’re disappointing everyone but not being able to respond to all the threads you joined/started when you had availability. A lot of these last for weeks, some months.
