Ask HN: What project would you work on if you had half a year of free time?

Re:Ask HN: What project would you work on if you had half a ... by twidx on Friday July 25, 2014 @01:15PM (#8086266)

I'd actually return to my first love: theatre. I've been wanting to do some playwriting again, but i'm too busy paying the bills right now. I taught myself how to program so I could actually pay the bills, but I'd love to be writing again.

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Re:Ask HN: What project would you work on if you had half a ... by ebiester on Friday July 25, 2014 @02:01PM (#8086534)

Honestly, as someone who has taken multiple mini-sabbaticals, all it takes is willpower.

By that, I mean the willpower to save, to have roommates, to cook at home... It is possible!

Another strategy is to plot out while working and spend your two weeks of vacation completely alone somewhere far away from wifi and basically use it as an opportunity to transcribe. If you have all your research done beforehand (and this is something that can be done in small chunks) you can get a first draft done in two weeks. (I've had friends do this.)

Of course, I still have a novel begging for a second draft that I keep promising myself I'll get back to. :)

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Re:Ask HN: What project would you work on if you had half a ... by hluska on Friday July 25, 2014 @01:34PM (#8086365)

I'm in almost the same boat. If I had six months off, I would spend the whole time writing fiction. So, while I've never done any playwriting (my particular poison is the novel), I understand how you feel.

Good luck - I hope you get to write!

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