31 Days of Rut-Busting Tips For Writers—Day 17: Switch Your Style.

Day 17 — Switch Your Style.

Feeling a little stale, creatively speaking? Maybe it’s time to switch your style.

While having a comfort zone when it comes to our writing—the same place, the same time, the same type of writing—can make getting into the mood easier, it can also lead to the “same old, same old” feeling.

We get the uncomfortable feeling that what we wrote today sounds a lot like what we wrote yesterday. Or last week. Or last month.

As Robert Frost said, “No surprise in the writer, no ...