Is There Such a Thing as a Writer Summer Slump?

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rue: I’m not a summer person. Although I love a sunny day, I don’t like when the weather is too warm — my body can’t cope with it, and I often feel sluggish. You see, too warm for me is anything above 23°C — so even here in Ireland, summer can often be too hot. Because I feel so meh in hot weather, I can’t help but wonder if the warmer days are detrimental to my writing abilities.</p><p id="1631">Well, perhaps that isn’t very fair. After all, blaming the weather for my struggles seems to be escapism at its best. But hey ho, I definitely don’t want to blame myself and my personal inability to write. So, yeah… I think summer will have to take the blame here.</p><p id="1663">Do you feel the same?! I know at least one more author that also struggles to write during summer, although his reasons are completely different from mine. I wonder if we can collectively make the writer summer slump a thing…</p><figure id="4108"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*0OcHc-jm3oxLTe6eZ7Jh6w.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></article></body>

I’m not asking for a friend…

I have ideas, many of them… even more than drafts (and I have plenty of those). But I’m finding it hard to finish any article. May I blame it on summer, please? | © Image credit: Nanie Hurley 🌿 with Midjourney — CC-BY.

I’m proudly calling myself a writer these days. I haven’t yet achieved the state of doing so without feeling like, at any moment, the writing police may jump out of the bush and demand my non-existent credentials. But I still count it as a win that I can (and do) call myself a writer.

The last several weeks have been especially hard for me, though. I recently wrote about my struggles with my mental health, so it’s not surprising that it’s affecting me. I have more ideas than I can ever write about, but I struggle to finish any article. Sometimes, I begin the story, and then it lives in my draft folder, where it never sees the light of day.

It’s not that perfectionism is stopping me; I’m a pro at accepting good enough. Thankfully, otherwise, it would be harder to keep this calling myself a writer thing going. I won’t lie… I often wish I was better, but that’s not the main problem here. The issue is twofold: I’m finding it hard to concentrate while writing, and finding the correct direction for my article is often tricky.

Is there such a thing as a writer summer slump?

Sometimes it seems like everyone loves summer, and I have to endlessly explain myself when I say I don’t. It’s true: I’m not a summer person. Although I love a sunny day, I don’t like when the weather is too warm — my body can’t cope with it, and I often feel sluggish. You see, too warm for me is anything above 23°C — so even here in Ireland, summer can often be too hot. Because I feel so meh in hot weather, I can’t help but wonder if the warmer days are detrimental to my writing abilities.

Well, perhaps that isn’t very fair. After all, blaming the weather for my struggles seems to be escapism at its best. But hey ho, I definitely don’t want to blame myself and my personal inability to write. So, yeah… I think summer will have to take the blame here.

Do you feel the same?! I know at least one more author that also struggles to write during summer, although his reasons are completely different from mine. I wonder if we can collectively make the writer summer slump a thing…