With Darkness Within released, I move forward to the next book in the series, Light Without. However, I feel like I have opened some sort of creative floodgate and ideas for new projects just keep flooding out of my brain. I have at least 5 books in my immediate thoughts and when I set down to write Light Without, these other projects jump in my face for attention.
So, I was wondering how many projects I should work on at a time. I know I can write one book while outlining another but could I write 2 books while outlining 3 more? I’m sure this is a personal preference but I thought it would be a good idea to get an idea from other indie authors on the matter. How many projects do you work on at a time?
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I’m glad to hear I’m not the only writer doing this. When I work on the “main” project at hand there will be these moments when I get a rush of ideas and suddenly I have great ideas for events, themes, twist of events, etc. I used to have the problem of getting writer’s block with a current project because I got A GREAT idea for an existing project. So I’ll leave the other project(I don’t scrape it) and add to the other.
To answer your question, I’ve done this a total of 10 times. Is that bad? Haha, I have 10 projects in the making. But to say I work on all of them at once would be a lie. The most I’ve worked on at once is three. But two is typical for me. Right now I’ve been preparing Hero’s Tale for publishing while still working on another novel. I guess when you’re really passionate about writing, the creativity doesn’t want to be jarred into one thing. It builds and builds, wanting to spread everywhere.
No, I don’t think 10 is bad…I couldn’t imagine actively writing more than 2 or 3, either but I think working on multiple projects (and allowing yourself to outline while you’re working on a project) is great to prevent writer’s block.
Then, again, maybe we’re both ADD…lol…I love the quote: “I guess when you’re really passionate about writing, the creativity doesn’t want to be jarred into one thing. It builds and builds, wanting to spread everywhere.” I think this is very true. All the projects I’m working on are in different genres, too. Well, not ALL of them are completely different.
The book I just published is YA Fantasy or Occult and so is the sequel to it (which I’m working on now). I’m mapping out an adult paranormal story, writing a middle grade fiction story, a new adult romance (about how intimacy changes after having children), a psychological thriller, and a futuristic fantasy novel… :0…Do you usually stick to one genre? If so, what is it?
I’m currently working on five novels, two main ones that I work on everyday, two co-written ones and one that I’m still outlining. I find I have too many ideas and if I try and restrict myself to only writing one or two I’d probably get stuck and begin to really hate it.
That’s what happens to me, too. I’m glad I’m not the only one who does this. 😀