Binge writing. I had never thought of such a concept to apply to a writer’s intense bouts of burying themselves inside their “caves” for extended writing sessions. That is, of course until I came across an article discussing binge writing from the academic writing perspective.
While ever looming deadlines can at times necessitate long periods of “dedication” to your writing, if it comes at the risk of a decline to the quality of your work it may be time to rethink your decisions on how many hours you log, in a given day. You risk both quality and burning out when you binge on any given thing, therefore I must assume that being a “binge writer” is not conducive to being a “quality writer”. I know that that it is necessary to delve into the world of the characters that we are creating but be careful of how often you fully immerse yourself. Creating manageable writing schedules and sticking to them should alleviate the need to place such unreasonable demands on your mind and body. Write, don’t binge.
