The end of fall semester draws near to be followed shortly by the holiday season. Some academic writers will put current projects on hold to turn attention to family, friends, and festivities. Some will work intermittently, and others will work intensively through break.
Unless you are in the latter group writers who plan to write regularly over break, you will benefit by taking care to pack up your writing projects by leaving detailed notes on the next steps, task, and ideas that will guide your return.
“Break” need not be a break from your devotion to your projects. You may find that a couple days of rest provides you with renewed energy to reengage with a languishing project or offers a new perspective on a previously troublesome section. Welcome the revival!
If other duties of travel or relationships will keep you from writing as regularly as you might like. Jot down a few lines of appreciation, insight, or desired next steps as time allows. These intermittent notes can both keep you connected to your project while on break as well as provide you with opportunities to make speedy progress once you resume your semester writing schedule.
May your winter break writing bring you much joy, and, if you wish, many pages, too!