Writer’s Burnout is Real. This is How I Overcome It.

Five tips to stay passionate about writing.

Sean Kernan
4 min readApr 1, 2022

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I was riding in my car with my mom a few months ago. We were catching up on life. She asked, "How many posts have you written in total?"

She rarely asks me writing questions. I said, "Oh, I don't know. 5000? 6000?"

She said, "Noooo…" with a half-laugh. She thought I was insane.

Here's the thing. I wrote those posts over 5–6 years. It's not like I am more productive than other writers. I've just managed to stay consistent and avoid burnout.

If anything, I love writing more than ever. Here are my tricks.

Keep the horse in front of the cart

I get so many questions about making money with writing. I've joked that asking for free writing advice is the "send nudes" of my profession.

And I get it. People have day jobs they hate. Many want side hustles. Who doesn't want a few extra bucks?

The creator economy has exploded, which is crazy — because a few years ago, nobody was paying online writers.

I wrote for free for the first three years.

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Sean Kernan
Sean Kernan

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