tiaralaI have a novel in my head that I want desperately to write but I can't get past thinking my ideas are stupid and my mythology is stupid even as I'm reading the most absurd urban fantasy.
I get really, really excited about it but as soon as a sit down the brainweasels are like "remember how you suck?" And I know they're brainweasels and they lie but I cannot get to "what if I just did it anyway?"
M C von Schratz 🏳️⚧️@tiarala do you enjoy writing? Do you enjoy what you write? Then said weasels are irrelevant. I enjoy writing because I have ideas that tickle me, and I think the process builds strength. Some ideas are stupid but I’m better for exploring them and I had fun.
Budget some time, pick up your pen, and write for yourself. Don’t not-write for weasels.
@tiarala (I will say, that last part is sometimes the hardest. Saying ‘this time is for writing and nothing else’. We’re all so busy. Losing my commute cratered my writing. Schedule the time, the weasels will leave.)