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14351334 No.14351334 [Reply] [Original]

How to overcome self-doubt and the feeling that everything you write is utter shit? I'm 60k words into the first draft of a novel but haven't been able to touch the thing for more than three months as the same things always happens: I open the document, I write a few sentences, I read said sentences, I delete them and go do something else. Did any of you experience similar troubles while working on your fiction? How did you push through it?

>> No.14351345

>>14351334

The problem is that you are reviewing the sentences too quickly. You need to leave them alone for a lot longer before you go back to them. You are not able to view them impartially in the moment. Write what you can; go back to it later.

A large number of artists feel this way about their work. Don't let it get you down.