The last couple weeks have flown by. Copy’s been flowing like the Amazon at flood stage. Juggling work, proposals, blogs and a personal life meant a few late nights at the keyboard
Now even my friends say I look like hell.
From all this, one thing is clear; all-nighters aren’t the fun they used to be.
Lots of Vowels. Lots of Consonants.
As a writer, the temptation is to write. A lot.
In addition to my paid projects, there are blog posts, story ideas and essays pinging around, and the inevitable book project squatting somewhere in the “tomorrow” part of my brain.
The temptation is to write all those after the paid writing’s been done, but eventually, entropy wins out and I have to take a break.
Otherwise my head grows thick; solid bone given to glacial thought (if at all), and my copy turns muddy and lifeless.
Which means it’s time to take a break.
I’ll see everyone bright and early Monday morning. Enjoy your restful, boring, relaxing, non-working weekend. I will.
[tags]writing, copywriting[/tags]
I think the same could be said for any type of creative work. If you don’t have the energy to get in the zone, there is no way to do your best work. This doesn’t exactly fit well with the 9-5 schedule.
I hear ya. I’ve just written two entire websites worth of content in five weeks. I had two colds in three weeks and now I’m paying the price. If you keep drinking from the well etc…
Some of the problem is just trying to do too much as a copywriter that could be automated. You ought to take a look at the James D. Brausch Letter for ideas about how to get things done more quickly and effectively. There’s software like Artemis Pro that can help make SEO submissions take less time, etc. It’s all a matter of using the available technology to make the tasks get done faster so I can get back to the projects I actually want to be doing.