I just got a kindle for my birthday, and I've had a HUGE increase in reading since I got it. I've finished about five books in the last week or two.
But I've been where you are before. I decided that every few months, I would take a book that I was familiar with and considered to be a good work, and I would break it down chapter by chapter, taking notes on the pieces of the craft of writing I noticed.
This simple sacrifice to the Writing Gods has kept me sane, and given me some very good lessons in writing. Perhaps more importantly, it's let me get back to reading for pleasure, where I can just let a book or movie flow naturally through my brain, comforted in the thought that soon I'll be able to rip another one apart and see what its insides look like.
Wow, that last sentence wasn't creepy as hell.
Yeah.
But I've been where you are before. I decided that every few months, I would take a book that I was familiar with and considered to be a good work, and I would break it down chapter by chapter, taking notes on the pieces of the craft of writing I noticed.
This simple sacrifice to the Writing Gods has kept me sane, and given me some very good lessons in writing. Perhaps more importantly, it's let me get back to reading for pleasure, where I can just let a book or movie flow naturally through my brain, comforted in the thought that soon I'll be able to rip another one apart and see what its insides look like.
Wow, that last sentence wasn't creepy as hell.
Yeah.
Formerly Dark Prophecy, now I'm just me. 
Strong proponent of a Writing Section here at RAFO.
Strong proponent of a Writing Section here at RAFO.
Who else has (regretfully) lost much of their joy for reading, and what are your reasons?
- 04/03/2011 04:01:48 AM
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I, um... are you me?
- 04/03/2011 04:11:24 AM
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What is with all the old names popping up so suddenly? You, Bad Ash, Zaphod...
- 04/03/2011 04:12:09 AM
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Double replying, but I don't care. 
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- 04/03/2011 04:42:20 AM
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This reply addresses content of your post.
- 04/03/2011 04:42:20 AM
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I had that problem when I finished my Master's thesis.
- 04/03/2011 08:28:42 AM
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I write most of my notes with pen and paper, unless it's a specific idea on a project I've started.
- 04/03/2011 06:57:59 PM
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I still think the best solution is to just sit down with some Wodehouse. *NM*
- 06/03/2011 01:06:01 PM
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I still think the best solution is to just sit down with some Glenlivet. *NM*
- 08/03/2011 12:20:39 AM
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It's more likely the internet, and, to a lesser extent, TV than it is games.
- 04/03/2011 02:43:59 PM
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You're either too tired or you've simply outgrown certain kinds of genres/books
- 04/03/2011 03:26:58 PM
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I had, to some extent, but then I started working with a 1 hour train commute each way.
- 04/03/2011 06:50:25 PM
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I'm the exact opposite right now
- 06/03/2011 09:13:50 AM
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