How to get those drafts done and stay stress free
In the roleplay community I frequently see people posting their high draft counts for threads they say have been their for months. Now this is not a job and no one is obligated to complete those drafts, but I wanted to give some advice on how you can clear out your drafts and get those plots moving forward. Please note this is an advice post, no one needs to follow this advice.
First of all, try not to take on more than you can handle. Drop things if you need too. But if you don’t take on more than you can handle you’ll be less likely to drop things. Sometimes it’s best to not make like for a starter posts if you already are feeling overwhelmed on a high draft count. Many make like for a starter calls when they don’t feel like tackling those drafts but doing this adds to your drafts. Like for a starter calls work best once you’ve completed drafts and want to take on some new things. If you really aren’t interested in doing drafts and really just want to do smaller stuff even put a limit on your starter call to stop from getting to overwhelmed.
Second, take some time to focus on your drafts. Go into your drafts and pick one and begin to write. Don’t worry about finishing your reply in one go. Write what comes to you and then save it and move onto another and work on that one. You can come back and add more later.
Avoid the dash when you do this because the dash is extremely distracting. If you can, I highly recommend writing replies somewhere else (like in a writing program). This keeps your focus on your replies and not on what’s happening on your dashboard. If listening to music helps you stay focused, do that too.
It also helps to not post completed replies immediately if you still have lots of drafts. Why? Say you have 45 drafts and you’ve just finished 5 of them and you then post those completed 5. Some people are very fast meaning you might very well be back at 45 drafts again within a day. Posting a few completed replies at a time like this will just keep your draft count at about the same number and you’ll end up feeling like you made no progress. I recommend building a queue or holding off on posting until you complete all drafts. Of course, there may be replies you want to get out immediately but it does help to keep most of them drafted until most are complete.
This is some advice I thought of giving. Again, this advice is just advice. It’s not an order. I’ve just noticed a lot of people in the community overwhelmed by their draft counts. It doesn’t have to be overwhelming. I believe we make it overwhelming by taking on too much and constantly adding more for ourselves to do. Following this method I have been very stress free when it comes to completing my drafts and you move forward with all plots at a steady pace. If this advice doesn’t work for you, then it doesn’t. If it does, I hope put into practice it helps to make your roleplaying more enjoyable and less stressful.
