[ SECRET POST #4838 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4838 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 47 secrets from Secret Submission Post #693.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

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[(Anonymous)]

I've been trying to do this, but I just can't trick myself hard enough. Even when I tell myself, "We aren't going to publish this," there's a voice in the back of my head saying, "Okay, but what if... we did?" And then I get stuck again. >:(

[(Anonymous)]

I’m the same way. I have to repeat to myself a bunch of times that I’m not gonna post it and no one will see it and I can only work on it late at night when there’s nothing else to distract me.

[(Anonymous)]

Same, OP. I went for years of writing but not posting and got pretty prolific, and in the last few years I've started posting stuff again. Even though it's in a relatively small and massively supportive fandom, I'm starting to feel that bite of "oh no, this is all shit and people hate me, they're only saying nice things to make me feel better".

On the other hand, when I was writing without a thought of posting anything anywhere even though it felt more fun and carefree, I never fucking finished anything and would just endlessly tinker, whereas now I know I have an audience I feel like I'm getting better at editing and actually writing something cohesive, rather than just a splurge of stuff I like.

[(Anonymous)]

SA- I forgot to mention how much I love the design of this secret!

Secret maker but not OP

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you! Glad not everyone hates cursive font, LOL...

[(Anonymous)]

This is a common problem for writers.

OP, you have to learn not to give a shit. And then pull that back a little bit and just give a LITTLE shit. But you have to go all the way in not caring first. It's freeing and it teaches you a lot about yourself as a writer.

That said, a neat trick is to ask a friend about something they did with you that they felt awkward about. See if you even REMEMBER it. You probably don't.

We think people judge us far more than they actually do.