Been there 😅 Creative burnout hits everyone. The “brain forgets how to make” moment is just the signal you need rest and a fresh perspective. Sometimes the best ideas show up right after you stop forcing them.
I will do this, I bought a writing pad, there is something about bringing back that tension of the pen to paper that I had been missing for a long time. I went paperless a decade ago and now I have some papers that also double as a cat toy when I tear it out the book and crumple it up!
my wife was accounting for a stock firm and we had crates of papers in the house, so I got a bit crazy, but no doubt you understand what I mean, I think it has to do with the tempo for me, you can type a bad idea in 20 seconds and when using paper that bad idea seems to stop before 20 seconds, it gives you time to know. Good to see the Bulo back! LFG!
I did an experiment a few months ago. I went full AI for a week, I ended up rewriting the same LinkedIn posts multiple times just to find my own voice again... that's when I realized the cost of overusing it 🤣
My advice as a writer FOR writers (especially since I also write fiction) is to just try to start with a blank page every day.
Been there 😅 Creative burnout hits everyone. The “brain forgets how to make” moment is just the signal you need rest and a fresh perspective. Sometimes the best ideas show up right after you stop forcing them.
Appreciate the thought, but I think we're pointing opposite directions here.
The article's actually arguing that rest is the problem. Our brains are already on vacation because we've outsourced the work to AI.
The fix isn't stepping away. It's stepping back in.
definitely feel that "voice hangover" thing lately too. its scary, what do you do to snap you out fast?
I've been writing “unassisted” for the past few weeks, just to keep the engine between my ears sharp.
It's been rough, but sometimes cold turkey is the only way.
I recommend just doing a morning page. Just set a timer for 20 minutes, but your laptop in airplane mode, and write.
Doesn't have to be good. It probably won't be. That's not the point. It's keeping your saw sharp.
I will do this, I bought a writing pad, there is something about bringing back that tension of the pen to paper that I had been missing for a long time. I went paperless a decade ago and now I have some papers that also double as a cat toy when I tear it out the book and crumple it up!
I did the paperless thing from like 2017 to 2022. Everything went in the ol' BuJo. Then I drank AI-tainted Kool-Aid and set it aside for a few years.
But the BuJo is back again and better than before.
my wife was accounting for a stock firm and we had crates of papers in the house, so I got a bit crazy, but no doubt you understand what I mean, I think it has to do with the tempo for me, you can type a bad idea in 20 seconds and when using paper that bad idea seems to stop before 20 seconds, it gives you time to know. Good to see the Bulo back! LFG!
I did an experiment a few months ago. I went full AI for a week, I ended up rewriting the same LinkedIn posts multiple times just to find my own voice again... that's when I realized the cost of overusing it 🤣
My advice as a writer FOR writers (especially since I also write fiction) is to just try to start with a blank page every day.
The blank page habit keeps the skill sharp. AI is good at expanding, but it can't replace the moment where you figure out what you actually think.
That has to come from you, first. Always.