Dealing With Self-Doubt As A Writer

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If you’ve been around my lovely and weird book blog (Dora Reads) at all in the past (love you!) then you probably know that I struggle with…

…Well, that list could take a while, but for the purposes of this post, I struggle with self-doubt.

So it’s probably not that much of a surprise that I also have doubts when it comes to what I’m writing.

That little voice that tells you you’re not good enough is given a megaphone when you have Depression/Anxiety.

…And that can lead to a mega negative-thought spiral.

It starts with, ‘would this character say this? And ends with, ‘why would I ever think that I could write?! This is useless! I’m useless!’ (…and sometimes worse.)

See? Mega negative-thought spiral.

Sometimes that means I gotta take a break — rest and re-charge — but sometimes it means I’ve gotta forget about whether it’s ‘good’ or not.

If it’s not ‘good’ then no-one ever has to read it.