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Is Being a Perfectionist Holding You Back - WritersLife.org
 
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hello there is pizza here again from
writers life and coming up today is
being a perfectionist holding you back
writers are well known for being
perfectionist and why not writing a
novel to be proud of takes considerable
time and effort and wanting to get it
absolutely right
before you send it to publishers or
share it with the world makes good sense
however there is a downsides of
perfectionism if taken to the extreme
while it's great to be contentious and
thorough in your work if you won't let
it go until there's a hundred percent
perfect you're going to come up with a
rather significant problem the problem
is no piece of writing is perfect that's
the truth of the matter even the most
well-received novels and celebrated
writers don't write perfect stories and
they certainly don't start out anything
near that way if you keep holding on to
the idea that you can make your story
perfect you'll never ever finish it so
how to recognize perfectionist behavior
and what to do about it if you're too
self-critical if you never share your
work if you edit your work so much that
you want even sure if you're making it
any better
you may well be a perfectionist here
then are some tips to help you get past
this first get your first draft written
tell yourself that you can perfect your
writing later and then focus all your
energy on getting that first draft now
if you can put aside your aspirations of
perfection until your first draft is
finished at least you've got the ground
load without letting your
factionism get in the way next be
realistic expense rejection expect to
feel uncertain expect to look back at
something you've written and feel
shocked and how bad it is this is all
completely normal
the reality is that most writers will
experience rejection and criticism and
that's okay if you can be realistic
about this and not let the fear of it
happening to you block you from getting
your work out there you will at least be
able to say you gave it everything be
willing to learn there are always
lessons to be learned when it comes to
writing from tips on how to improve your
prose to information about the writing
industry be open to learning as much as
you can
perfectionists often struggle with
feedback and advice so trying to open up
to learning experimenting and absorbing
input for others can be so helpful keep
practicing the more you write the better
you get but also the more you write the
more you will become used to the
imperfections in your writing keep
producing material keep tweaking it keep
adjusting and reworking and editing and
learn and grow as a writer and editor as
you do so learn when to stop accepting
that a perfect piece of writing doesn't
exist is the first step it's usually
important to work on our manuscripts
until we've created the world the caring
system the plot that we feel does our
story justice it's essential to redraft
and edit to these processes take time
and effort and can be very challenging
however this hard work is not to be
confused with perfectionism knowing when
to stop when you've done enough and when
you can be proud
satisfied with what you've achieved is
so important as JK Rowling once said
failure gave me an inner security that I
had never been said by passing
examinations failure taught me things
about myself that I could have learned
no other way embrace failure accept your
flaws and let go of perfectionism and
you'll be a more productive and happier
writer for it and don't forget if you're
struggling to write or finish your book
our free writers talking can help with
it you'll learn how to overcome
procrastination get organized
stay focused find time to write and
finally get your book published to get
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