TOPIC: Do you ever change up your routine - your workplace, schedule, genre, age range you normally focus on, etc.? Does it help? Heck - do you have a routine or wish you could set one (if it weren't for those pesky kids! Or work, etc.)? Tell us how you work and keep it fresh! #kidlitchat
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I definitely have a routine, but I alter it regularly enough to keep things fresh, like changing what time I write or take a walk or have dinner.
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Ahh!—I missed this #kidlitchat. Yes to all the things.
The creative arts can be lonely. So working in community changes things up. My different sprint groups add novelty when things get hard.
Before I knew about #ADHD, I get bored quickly or ran out of stream w/routines. Flexible routines help me.
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I find I will start a routine and keep it going for a few weeks and then something inevitably disrupts it and I'm back to square one. But I'm always ready to try again! One new routine I have is listening to audiobooks while I work. Makes me more protective than having a movie on 😅 #kidlitchat
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I’ve never been a routine sort of person. Sometimes that’s a blessing - when I clear the rest of life away so I can write. Sometimes it’s a curse - when life crowds out writing time. Usually I find bits of time to get some sort of writing work done most days. (It helps that I’m a writer for work.)
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Summertime has made keeping a routine close to impossible, but I'm excited for school to begin and restart routines. For now, I'm burning the candle at both ends-- staying up late to write, then getting up in the morning to corral again. It's been exhausting, so I'm more than ready. #kidlitchat
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Honestly, kid lit is my neurodivergent hyperfocus/special interest so it fills up all the space that is available to it. I occasionally get burned out, but not very often. That is about as routine as it gets for me. Is that pathetic? It doesn’t feel pathetic. #kidlitchat
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I love to write outside with periodic distraction of lizards and horned toads.
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#kidlitchat definitely! I do different aspects of craft in different locations around my house - the office is for typing only - I can't actually think in here, lol! usually I work early, then go for a swim when I hit a wall, but if creativity is flowing, I bail on the swim and go for a walk later
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I wish I had a routine, but I do not. I do change up what I'm working on periodically based on whatever can keep me writing. Right now I'm working on an adult mystery short story because that's where I found the energy after not writing for a bit. #KidLitChat
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I missed this chat! What I'm finding that works: zoom sprints! @christebbetts.bsky.social and I have a group of dedicated writers who all show up together. And I am getting so much done. I'm also finding that the group helps me write when I normally wouldn't.
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For me, reading new picture books and working on new picture book ideas is all I need to keep things fresh. #kidlitchat
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I like to work outside on the patio if it’s nice outside, but I live in South Florida, so that doesn’t happen as often as I’d like.🔥#kidlitchat
