Hey all.
I feel kinda dumb writing here for this, since everybody is already so accomplished and talking about larger accomplishments, but I want to share somewhere. I admit I'm less than 5000 words in, and a comparatively new writer fiction-wise, but for me this is an important point in the process.
I've recently gotten back into writing and started up a new novel that's been brewing in my head for a while. In the past few years when I've tried to write I've always reached this moment where I think: "this isn't the book I want to write. This isn't really worth it. Shouldn't I really be writing X idea instead? Y idea is way better and this one is stupid. I should write something that actually matters--not this" ~ kind of stuff. And then I usually try to switch ideas, or try to (disastrously) merge all of my ideas in one grotesque frankenstein-of-a-kitchen-sink. And then I usually quit.
In any case, yesterday, that same doubt and urge to quit and write something "that really matters" hit. Hard.
I went so far as to draft up a new word document for a different project, started preparing to jump ship.
But I didn't.
Today I went back to my WIP and wrote 1000+ words in a single sitting (the most I've done in a single day yet for this project).
I'm really proud of myself for sticking with this novel, and wanted to share, even if it's a very minor accomplishment compared to many of the things I read on AW.
Thanks for listening!
P.S. Any advice or ideas for fighting off these doubts in the future would be appreciated!
I feel kinda dumb writing here for this, since everybody is already so accomplished and talking about larger accomplishments, but I want to share somewhere. I admit I'm less than 5000 words in, and a comparatively new writer fiction-wise, but for me this is an important point in the process.
I've recently gotten back into writing and started up a new novel that's been brewing in my head for a while. In the past few years when I've tried to write I've always reached this moment where I think: "this isn't the book I want to write. This isn't really worth it. Shouldn't I really be writing X idea instead? Y idea is way better and this one is stupid. I should write something that actually matters--not this" ~ kind of stuff. And then I usually try to switch ideas, or try to (disastrously) merge all of my ideas in one grotesque frankenstein-of-a-kitchen-sink. And then I usually quit.
In any case, yesterday, that same doubt and urge to quit and write something "that really matters" hit. Hard.
I went so far as to draft up a new word document for a different project, started preparing to jump ship.
But I didn't.
Today I went back to my WIP and wrote 1000+ words in a single sitting (the most I've done in a single day yet for this project).
I'm really proud of myself for sticking with this novel, and wanted to share, even if it's a very minor accomplishment compared to many of the things I read on AW.
Thanks for listening!
P.S. Any advice or ideas for fighting off these doubts in the future would be appreciated!
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