{"id":28543,"date":"2024-07-23T03:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=28543"},"modified":"2024-07-26T10:21:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T17:21:18","slug":"are-you-clawing-through-the-foggy-depths-to-find-words-to-entertain-enchant-delight-by-la-bourgeois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/23\/are-you-clawing-through-the-foggy-depths-to-find-words-to-entertain-enchant-delight-by-la-bourgeois\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Clawing Through the Foggy Depths to Find Words to Entertain, Enchant, Delight? by LA Bourgeois"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Are<\/a>Let’s welcome back LA Bourgeois<\/a> as she shares with us \u201cAre You Clawing Through the Foggy Depths to Find Words to Entertain, Enchant, Delight?\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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The cursor flashes on the blank screen.<\/strong> Maybe handwriting will help. Scribbles fill a page, wasting it with garbled complaints and musings on the weather.<\/p>\n

The last vapors from the creative well got used up yesterday. Today, flick the inspiration lighter until your thumb hurts; nothing\u2019s going to happen. Burnout lurks, its grasping fingers brushing your elbow.<\/p>\n

A lot of people recommend pressing forward through exhaustion, hard choices, and those moments that make you want to surrender.<\/p>\n

And I want to be perfectly clear. I am not asking you to give up.<\/p>\n

I am asking you to take a break.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s imagine we\u2019re new hikers climbing a mountain. Alone, we walk as fast as we can up that steep hill. Within fifteen minutes, we\u2019re gasping for air, our heart pounds against our chest, and we feel like we might throw up.<\/p>\n

Is rolling back down the hill an option? Our dog gives us side-eye. We hobble back to the trailhead, climb in our car and drive home, defeated.<\/p>\n

When we go up that same mountain with a more experienced hiker, we notice that they walk slower, take pauses, and look at the views while sipping from their ever-present water bottle.<\/p>\n

When moving at a manageable pace, we come to the end of the trail and discover that we feel less like we\u2019re going to die and more like \u201cThat was hard, but so much fun!\u201d And the next time we climb the mountain, we\u2019re a little stronger and more able to bear any potential setbacks.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the difference between taking a break and giving up.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taking breaks in creative work time gives us the same sort of ability to persevere with our writing projects. They support our creativity by stuffing our minds and spirits with ideas, sounds, smells, experiences, sights, and tastes. They give inspiration room to strike.<\/p>\n

Taking a break, no matter how necessary, can be scary. Questions arise:<\/p>\n