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DRILLING FOR MOTIVATION WHEN THE WELL IS DRY
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Closeauthor=LockeZ
Um am I still supposed to not feel guilty if it's been several months
no, let the shame wash over you
author=LockeZ
Um am I still supposed to not feel guilty if it's been several months
If it's been several months there is probably something else going on. Whenever one of my own projects go on hiatus there's usually either
1. A health reason. Like many of my fellow RMNers I too have chronic health problems and if I can't work at optimal levels I rather not work at all.
2. Underlying anxiety about the project. "Writer's block" is really performance anxiety. If I stopped working on a game for a long period it's because I'm not happy with the direction it's going and I'm not sure how to fix it or whether it's worth fixing.
That's been my experience anyway.
Milennin
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It's simple for me. I just wait until motivation comes to me, then I'll start working on it again. I left my first project gathering dust for over a year like twice, yet I still finished it (5 years after starting it). My second project hasn't had breaks that long, but I've had months where I felt like not working on it at all and just did other stuff instead. Nothing wrong with that, and I get back to it whenever I feel like I have enough motivation and ideas. It's not like my project has to meet a deadline.
