I ALWAYS have several google docs open with various stories. I keep many of them going at once and jump around a lot. I've read that a lot of 'famous' authors actually do this, too.

For me sometimes it is just because I'm writing/discovering some hard things and I need to jump into something lighter. Sometimes it's just because I'm in the mood for genre A instead of genre B so I try to go with the flow.

It's important to keep commitments, but I think it's dangerous when writing to commit to finishing one particular project, instead I choose to commit to writing X amount of words per day or for X amount of time per day.

My husband and I are both writing our early love story that happens to coincide with my diagnosis for dissociative identity disorder so that is obviously bringing up a lot of stuff for BOTH of us.

That means that we are having break throughs regularly, both in memories of the past (some things that I STILL don't remember) but also having revelations that for the first time ever aren't sending me into an emotional tailspin! Whoot! Progress!!!

Anyway, great GREAT post that I'm sure a lot of people will benefit from!