Tag: writing is hard
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What If You Fall?
“What if I fall?” Most of the time, we see that statement followed up with, “But what if you fly?” typically written in some sort of italicized, inspirational font. But let’s stop and sit for a while in that first question. What if you fall? What happens then? As I think about my debut novel…
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Onward
Sometimes, it’s hard to keep going, to keep writing. Discouragement and doubts rage. You don’t seem to be getting anywhere. Maybe you should just quit, you keep thinking to yourself. Dear friend, press onward. Find someone you won’t let you just give up. Imposter syndrome and writing doubts have been a huge struggle of mine.…
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_____ Is Hard
Recently, I finished my first read-through of Brontide and started my first round of content (big picture) edits. Today, I hit the “I can’t do this” wall. The problems feel overwhelming. I’m not sure if any of my ideas of how to fix them are any good. At my current speed, it seems like I’ll…
