Oh wow, this is fascinating! I'm a nonfiction writer, and I do not have the imaginative capacity to hold multiple fictional stories in my head. Instead, I like to switch mediums and pick up my camera when I feel like sneaking away from my main thing. I actually feel like my main nonfiction writing squeeze needs some time away from ME sometimes; it feels more fresh and exciting when I've gone off and shot footage or made a bunch of photographs. I "see" the writing project in a new way. (I wish I understood why.) But then when I'm on a very tight deadline, it's one thing only until it's done.
Oh wow, this is fascinating! I'm a nonfiction writer, and I do not have the imaginative capacity to hold multiple fictional stories in my head. Instead, I like to switch mediums and pick up my camera when I feel like sneaking away from my main thing. I actually feel like my main nonfiction writing squeeze needs some time away from ME sometimes; it feels more fresh and exciting when I've gone off and shot footage or made a bunch of photographs. I "see" the writing project in a new way. (I wish I understood why.) But then when I'm on a very tight deadline, it's one thing only until it's done.