http://fallsintowriting.com/2013/03/12/feeling-like-i-failed/ Jenn Falls - My Writing Journey Sat, 25 May 2013 20:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://fallsintowriting.com/2013/03/12/feeling-like-i-failed/#comment-867 Wed, 01 May 2013 04:22:40 +0000 http://fallsintowriting.com/?p=938#comment-867 Thanks for the plug, Jenn–and I’ll admit that even published authors go through the dry spell, the frustration, the attempt to be perfect first go–it affects all of us eventually. The trick is to keep trying, and not to give up. If nothing else, task yourself with a hundred word short-story-hook exercise, or a description of the room you’re in, or some other prompt. It doesn’t matter if you’re working on your current WIP every day–as long as you’re WRITING *something*, anything, creative–every. single. day. –and eventually something will unlock and unstick and you’ll be a writing fiend for a while. Then you’ll go idle for a while and have to boost yourself back out again by putting the writing first above all other things. It’s a cycle. At least… *ahem* that’s what happens with me. Thanks again!

]]> http://fallsintowriting.com/2013/03/12/feeling-like-i-failed/#comment-696 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:08:09 +0000 http://fallsintowriting.com/?p=938#comment-696 [...] my writing may not be prolific at the moment, the ideas are flowing pretty well. One of the issues I wrestle over for my WIP is a [...]

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