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Q&A How can I deal with an overload of writing projects?

I'm formulating a habit where I create too many writing projects. I'll work on a project, and things will go fine, until I have this incredible idea and I start writing on it. This continues overti...

2 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Zolani13‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:24:03Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Zolani13‭ · 2019-12-08T02:24:03Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm formulating a habit where I create too many writing projects. I'll work on a project, and things will go fine, until I have this _incredible_ idea and I start writing on it. This continues overtime until I have an overload of different writing projects, all which are good, interesting projects that I care about, but that I have serious trouble completing in an organized, efficient way, due to the sheer number of them.

To give some perspective, there are 4 projects I'm working on/planning, in decreasing completion:

- A short story (very deep in)
- A very small screenplay (Just started, but progress is well)
- A much larger screenplay (Only in planning stages; figuring out characters and other things) 
- A second short story (Barely started)

I like and care about _all_ of these projects, and I want to finish every one of them, but I can't do that unless I figure out the best way to go about it. It just isn't reasonable to be tackling them all at once, fumbling between them in the process.

How can I organize/prioritize these projects efficiently, so that I can actually get them completed?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2012-05-28T05:34:34Z (over 12 years ago)
Original score: 11