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Dealing With Too Many Ideas Syndrome
I hate my brain. The second I posted the preorders for Firewing yesterday, it presented me with ideas…for three more Yirath novels. As a note, I was planning for Firewing to be the only Yirath novel. But nope. So, they’re added to the to-do list.
(Please spread my Medium stories so I don’t have to work as much and can get all these books written).
I have chronic TMIS.
TMIS stands for Too Many Ideas Syndrome. When people worry about me stealing their ideas, I can only say, “Don’t worry, I have more than I can write anyway.”
When people ask where I get my ideas…there’s several reasons why writers hate that question.
So, how do we deal with too many ideas syndrome?
Patience, Grasshopper
Nobody can write fifteen books at once. You might get to all fifteen books, but you can’t write them all at the same time.
It’s very important to train your brain to focus and not chase the next shiny idea that comes into its brain.
My suggestion is to write down each new project as it comes to mind, but put it in the…