My ego tells me I have to write X many pages per day or I'm a worthless fraud. Then I read something another writer wrote, where he admits to writing about 100 words a day and sometimes feeling frustrated because he can't write at all--overwhelmed, tired, burned out, whatever. When I think about writing 100 words, it seems easy, which is when I realize I just feel overwhelmed. So I go write 100 easy words and then add 700 more without thinking too much about it, which is both joyful and disturbing in equal measure. Small-small.
I needed this today. I have been overwhelmed with so much lately, i really needed to read this. One small step, and then another and get going. Small gets there too. *hug*
Thanks for all the great advice! There’s a big difference between appearing effortless and being effortless, and anybody suggesting the latter is the norm is probably lying. Lol
My ego tells me I have to write X many pages per day or I'm a worthless fraud. Then I read something another writer wrote, where he admits to writing about 100 words a day and sometimes feeling frustrated because he can't write at all--overwhelmed, tired, burned out, whatever. When I think about writing 100 words, it seems easy, which is when I realize I just feel overwhelmed. So I go write 100 easy words and then add 700 more without thinking too much about it, which is both joyful and disturbing in equal measure. Small-small.
This is very valuable. Thanks very much for this!
Not gonna lie, I needed this one. Thanks!
I needed this today. I have been overwhelmed with so much lately, i really needed to read this. One small step, and then another and get going. Small gets there too. *hug*
Thanks for all the great advice! There’s a big difference between appearing effortless and being effortless, and anybody suggesting the latter is the norm is probably lying. Lol
Thank you. :-)