Myewphi
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So I recently just got my story out of a mental health induced unannounced hiatus and it has me thinking-
How often do yall have random hiatuses? How long do they last and do you normally make an effort to explain the hiatus or do you just go silent for a while? Also as readers, how do you usually react to hiatuses?
I know for myself I often cant bring myself to say anything about the hiatus until its over, either because im back to writing or because ive decided I have to drop the story. When they come up, they usually dont last shorter than a month as a month seems to be the average time it takes for me to get out of a mental funk. Finally, as a reader it usually sucks when a hiatus starts but I dont ever fully drop a story until it hits maybe the second or third month of a hiatus.
How often do yall have random hiatuses? How long do they last and do you normally make an effort to explain the hiatus or do you just go silent for a while? Also as readers, how do you usually react to hiatuses?
I know for myself I often cant bring myself to say anything about the hiatus until its over, either because im back to writing or because ive decided I have to drop the story. When they come up, they usually dont last shorter than a month as a month seems to be the average time it takes for me to get out of a mental funk. Finally, as a reader it usually sucks when a hiatus starts but I dont ever fully drop a story until it hits maybe the second or third month of a hiatus.