We help the helpless (fanfic writer)

Hello, writers!

Discussion time:  For many of us, writing is our main creative outlet.  But, as I know from how long I've been around writers, many of us also have a whole bunch of creative outlets and hobbies that we love as much as--or very close to--writing.

Do you find that your other creative hobbies show up in your writing?  Or maybe just inform your writing?  Is there something you do outside of writing that you've always wanted to include in a story, but haven't quite worked out how?

Good night, good evening, good afternoon, good morning!  (Choose your time zone appropriate greeting as desired.)

Discussion time:  When I was in school, I was very much a "one story writer".  Every now and then, I might switch to another story if the first one hit a block, but generally, I never wrote multiple things at the same time.  After college, I continued very much in this same way, where I wouldn't even let myself think about writing something other than what my current project was (especially when it was exchange related and therefore time sensitive).

And then one day I took an arrow to the knee, I decided to write something besides my main project out of spite for myself and my arbitrary Highlander-esque "there can only be one" rules.

This did help relieve some of the stress of "I'm not writing AND I'm also mad at myself for it, so I'll not write even harder."  It also created a new issue where I have so many stories started but relatively few of them actually finished.

Which is a very long-winded way to ask:  what about y'all?  Do you tend to stick to one story/project until it's finished?  Do you hop from one to another depending on your mood/brain capacity/due date?  If you have multiple stories running at once, is there an order that you follow for when one gets its turn?  If you write one at a time, do you ever have times where other ideas try to muscle in on your time, and, if so, what do you do with them?

Hello hello, fair friends!

Happy Easter to those who celebrate it!  Happy Chocolate Bunny Season to those who celebrate that!  And, for everyone, Happy Sunday!
(Note:  If it is no longer Sunday where you are, then Happy Monday???, if those words are allowed to go together?)

Let's get right to it.

Discussion time:  It's a brand new week, and that means activities of all kinds.  How does this week look for writing time?