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what is willpower? we just don't know
Whatever it is, I seem to be labouring under the delusion that I can replace it with white wine, the Of Monsters & Men album, and long periods of staring with ever-plummeting optimism at an unfinished story.
DEAR SELF: YOU'RE ONLY A WRITER IF YOU WRITE
I'm still not very good at the idea of first drafts; I've never really overhauled a story, once written, on any level more than sentence-tweaking or the occasional added paragraph. I can't get over my tendency to fret and stall because what if I don't get it right, what if it can't be fixed?
Plus, nothing pulls me out of the writing process faster than the conviction that I'm Writing Poorly.
Anybody got any non-alcohol-related advice for ways to shut up the inner critic for long enough to churn out the necessary words?
DEAR SELF: YOU'RE ONLY A WRITER IF YOU WRITE
I'm still not very good at the idea of first drafts; I've never really overhauled a story, once written, on any level more than sentence-tweaking or the occasional added paragraph. I can't get over my tendency to fret and stall because what if I don't get it right, what if it can't be fixed?
Plus, nothing pulls me out of the writing process faster than the conviction that I'm Writing Poorly.
Anybody got any non-alcohol-related advice for ways to shut up the inner critic for long enough to churn out the necessary words?
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2) The more you make yourself Just Write, the easier it will become to crank out WORDS and make sense of them later.
3) Honestly, the difference between words that flowed easily from my fingertips and words I had to dredge out of the depths of my brain is so small as to be negligible. When I reread things that were a misery to write yesterday, I remember how exhausting it was, but the words read well enough. Sometimes I don't even need to tweak them!