I went through that. When my longest story, which was over 100,000 words, I went into writing withdrawal as well.
I also forgot details of chapters and had to go back and re read. One I recovered I found writing long pieces very off putting and it took me a long time to be able to manage one.
Really long stories can be emotionally, mentally and sometimes physically draining.
I often put a lot of research into my long pieces and sometimes I accumulate so much research that it puts me into a stall as I have to sift through the research and pare it down in the story. That happened to me when I wrote "The Vatican Affair." I was raised Catholic but there was so much detail that I didn't know about in the electing of a new pope. It was an educational experience that took me over two years to finish.
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Date: 2019-04-04 04:36 pm (UTC)I also forgot details of chapters and had to go back and re read. One I recovered I found writing long pieces very off putting and it took me a long time to be able to manage one.
Really long stories can be emotionally, mentally and sometimes physically draining.
I often put a lot of research into my long pieces and sometimes I accumulate so much research that it puts me into a stall as I have to sift through the research and pare it down in the story. That happened to me when I wrote "The Vatican Affair." I was raised Catholic but there was so much detail that I didn't know about in the electing of a new pope. It was an educational experience that took me over two years to finish.