I struggle with this idea a lot. Often, I write constantly but it’s hard for me to separate the Cyclehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="©️" title="Copyright-Zeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Copyright-Zeichen"> of institutional demand via apps/limited windows of avail from a real sense of my own pacing. I also think it dangerously exacerbates ideas of 1/2 https://twitter.com/evancabnet/status/1290321026841288706">https://twitter.com/evancabne...

self-destructive artistic production that lotsa white straight cis men, and the wealthy among us, wield and it’s weaponized against self-care and self-preservation. It’s why burnout is so high. I work to push against it and I still know, in an actual scheduled way, 2/2

that I will burn out on average 2x per year. Literally. Like clockwork. I plan recovering into my life. Because that’s what happens when you work full time and write constantly. But it does feel too much like normalizing. 3/4

And of course this is how we push out all folx, especially BIPOC, people with high need for mental self care, people w disabilities, those who aren’t wealthy or even middle class. 4/4

I have been working on some plays for 2-4 years and the level of anxiety and fear I feel for those works not seeming “relevant” or “new,” when they haven’t even been produced yet, is staggering and has never been healthy. 4/5

I’ve learned to mitigate but it’d be swell if the industry didn’t make me feel like I’m slow when I write 1-2 plays a year. 5/5