Switching Writing Projects

I’ve had a busy month. I’ve worked on several different projects. I have been working on my Novel Marketing book for about two months, coupled with a fantasy idea during those last two months as well, and the occasional short story and freelance article.

I finally finished the first draft of my Novel Marketing book, hit a bit of a tight spot on my romance fiction draft–and I’m bursting with ideas. Tons, really. More than I’ve had in years.

But I have a to-do list a kilometer long and a lot of ambition. So how can I about switching writing projects from non-fiction to fiction, and then between fiction projects? Even if I’m really sick of a story?

The switching technique came to me quite unexpectedly. In learning about Tumblr for my Novel Marketing book, I decided to play around a bit and build one.

At first, I had to refurbish a few old blogs on there, clean up my account, etc. Then, I realized that this was the perfect social media for my YA book I plan to edit this year, interWIRED. So I looked up cyberpunk fashions to start my base on there.

After posting a few images, inspiration and ideas, characterization and setting slammed into my like I’d finally made it through a wall that had been stopping me from working on this project for some time. The image-centric brainstorming came easily. I started up a secret board on my Pinterest account, too, building it for a launch.

I’m excited to get back into my interWIRED story now. Really, I thought I wouldn’t ever be able to shake off the story exhaustion. But I totally have and I’m excited to have this tool so I can really understand my genre as well as my mindset.

What about you? How do you juggle your ideas and switch from one story to the next?

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