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Hey all,
I'm wondering how I can maintain motivation and interest in my ideas. I've noticed, over the few years I've been RPing, I can hold onto excitement for a project I start for about a month (plus a week or two for the time it takes to set it up). I find my interest waning when I actually have to do a plot for the idea - as opposed to just making a setting and characters, which is something I can burn the candle at both ends for and enjoy burning it. After about a month of play, I always find some newer, shinier idea that I want to create and focus on, and I wonder where the excitement I had for the first idea went.
So far, my fix for this has been to RP with partners who share my "short attention span", but I'd really love a way to maintain my motivation so I can open myself up to more extensive ideas with a wider range of partners.
How do I stick with a project long-term? Also, how do I maintain interest in a project after I've set it up, while I'm actually plotting? (Is there a way to minimize stress while plotting?)
I'm wondering how I can maintain motivation and interest in my ideas. I've noticed, over the few years I've been RPing, I can hold onto excitement for a project I start for about a month (plus a week or two for the time it takes to set it up). I find my interest waning when I actually have to do a plot for the idea - as opposed to just making a setting and characters, which is something I can burn the candle at both ends for and enjoy burning it. After about a month of play, I always find some newer, shinier idea that I want to create and focus on, and I wonder where the excitement I had for the first idea went.
So far, my fix for this has been to RP with partners who share my "short attention span", but I'd really love a way to maintain my motivation so I can open myself up to more extensive ideas with a wider range of partners.
How do I stick with a project long-term? Also, how do I maintain interest in a project after I've set it up, while I'm actually plotting? (Is there a way to minimize stress while plotting?)