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⌈ Secret Post #4072 ⌋

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Comments

Re: How do you overcome the voice that tells you you'll never be good enough?

[(Anonymous)]

>>> I have somehow internalized the lie that excellent writing is a matter of latent talent, and cannot be achieved through practice or effort.

That is a pernicious lie and one you need to call bullshit on forthwith. They say it takes ten years to become an overnight sensation, and your first million words is practice.

My bar for "as good as my favorite writer" is "make someone cry over the death of a character they didn't even like." I have no idea if I'll ever leap over that bar, but I don't let it stop me from trying.

And maybe "stepping back" shouldn't mean "stepping back from writing," but "trying something silly and just remembering what it was like to have fun doing this." Novels are an awful slog, but try scribbling a flash piece or a short story that amuses you instead to get the magic back.

My 2c.