Experiencing Burnout While Trying to Write With a Baby That Doesn't Sleep

[@MandiLynnWrites]

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[@a.studios9930]

I identify with the title of this video sooooo much. My nights are spent with a baby that doesn't sleep. And my days are spent with a clingy baby who doesn't want ANYONE else but mom. My writing schedule is nonexistent

[@MandiLynnWrites]

Haha I'm still waiting for the day she sleeps through the night...

[@AnnaYoungStories]

"My child is sick and I am exhausted" I felt that in my bones 😅

[@tracy-marie]

It would be great to see a video on romancing the beat. Maybe my book needs a fresh perspective.

[@MandiLynnWrites]

I've added the video to my to-do list!

[@ewes824]

Please make a Romancing the Beat video 😊

[@MandiLynnWrites]

Will do!

[@the-comments-poet]

It is said in St-Exupéry’s “Le petit prince” : it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” Something to think about next time you kiss your child’s forehead 😊

[@Mabsknows]

I’m enjoying the mommy-author content so much! So relatable 😅❤. She is so cute.

[@MandiLynnWrites]

Makes me so happy to hear!

[@StaceyMathis-p6i]

Ah! I love that you said your first drafts are mostly dialogue! This is me and I have been struggling to write because I feel like it's just dialogue and I need more. I keep telling myself I can descriptions later just get a beginning, middle and end down on paper. But I feel like I'm writing "wrong".

[@MandiLynnWrites]

I like to think there's no wrong way to write the first draft!

[@destresswithyoga]

Looking forward to reading this! ❤❤❤❤

[@MandiLynnWrites]

Hope you like it!

[@playingwithstory247]

Great job hanging in there when the writing is tough! I'm not a mom, and much respect for being able to write with a little one. If you do a video on the romance beats, I'd love to see it.

[@MandiLynnWrites]

Thank you so much!

[@kokoro_flow]

I, too, am writing a romance and have the Romancing the Beat book (on my Kindle). I'd like to hear your take on structuring your stories with it! :D

[@brightpage1020]

Try writing in different locales? I'd fall asleep on my laptop and knock it off the bed if I wrote there. But when I take it to a desk or a park - the waterfront, or skate park my son likes, or college campus bench out front ofbthe art building or a coffee shop or some unexpected places like the mall it can bring a refreshing energy and rhythm to my prose and makes my characters more likely to surprise me.

[@MandiLynnWrites]

Unfortunately, unless I have a sitter, I'm stuck at the house. Oddly enough, I hate writing at my desk. I only use it for admin work. I've just always been a couch/bed writer haha