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LOL, as I shared the other night on discord, I started researching my main novel in 1994, and still don't have my first draft completed. Too much research really is a thing. ;-) I've done proofreading and editing at a small publishing company in Florida, and part of my issue is editing (often meaning second-guessing) while I write . . . not exactly the formula for great productivity. But what I have found at TWB is a group of great people, who are funny as hell while being serious about the work of writing, and I'm hoping that this will be the impetus I need to actually get my work on paper, and to finally finish the first draft that's been in my head for twenty years plus. ;-) And, if I can help you, please reach out. Because I, more than most, know for a fact that actually getting past your own inner critic is far harder than any critics you'll face in real life. Looking forward to reading your writing as you progress. ;-)
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Thank you!! Yes, second guessing my writing is what really killed the writing process for me time and time again. My biggest challenge is that it is fiction based off my own life story when I was a teenager. I struggle the most with wanting to be real, but then too chicken to get it out. Plus second guessing my writing style. After writing some fiction here, I find creating characters is much easier than writing about real people! Thank you so much for your support, I will definitely reach out if I need anything!
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I can completely relate. My two biggest bad habits are second-guessing myself, and editing as I go, rather than just allowing the muse to take over. That, of course, and never thinking anything I write is "finished" enough to share. I'm better about it than I was, but I've always been my own harshest critic, and sometimes my inner critic just needs to get off her high horse already and take a damned nap. ;-)
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