What’s next?

Choosing what to read or write next is always one of those wonderful conundrums. Sometimes you know exactly what you want – something cosy, something funny, something intricate and plotty. Other times the choice available seems almost too much.

There is often something to be said for reading or writing something that is significantly different to whatever it was you read or wrote last. It’s good to change things up. It can stop you from getting bored, and especially in terms of writing, it can help to keep things fresh by posing you with a new challenge and new opportunities in terms of what you can do.

That said, there’s also something a little bit lovely in reading or writing something similar to what you’ve experienced before. In terms of reading, it can be comforting and relaxing to read things similar to what you’ve already read, and sometimes that’s all the brain really wants.

And, in terms of writing, doing things that are similar to recent projects can be a good of revisiting and refining techniques. It can help you to develop a style that you love and work out how to get more mileage of what you already know.

Whatever you decide, one thing always remains the same: in reading and writing, the question of “what’s next?” is always a wonderful one.