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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/43274
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As a writer, I sometimes have trouble seeing a project to the end. Sometimes it is because I reach an impasse. Sometimes it is because I choose to scrap it for whatever personal reason. And sometimes I get burned out.

Part of the creative process, for me, is having a compulsory passion to create something that came to my mind. And oh man when that hits I am full of passionate intensity. I often end up immersing myself pretty deep into my world and often lose sleep to work on it.

Even as I write this question I see the lack of sleep being a big part of the problem, but I have so little time I feel like sleep is the only thing I have left to sacrifice. Sleepless nights have long been associated, for me, with my most productive output. By far.

And then there is the fact that it is self-perpetuating.

Which leads to burnout. Which often leads to an unfinished project never being touched again. Are there any others out there who have a similar problem who have found a way to manage it? Are there some steps or rigor that you go through to help curb the intensity of the process so it doesn't get to be too much?

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