Comments on: Do You Fear Not Being Good Enough?

By: An Effective Method for Turning Off Your Inner Editor

An Effective Method for Turning Off Your Inner Editor — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:35:49 +0000

[...] voice wants nothing more than for you to quit writing or to feel like you’re not good enough to be a writer. It wants nothing more than for you to question every word you write and spend countless amounts of [...]

By: Andrew Toynbee

Andrew Toynbee — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:00:59 +0000

Wow!
That rings so true with me! I thought I was working on my fears, but I still experience many of the symptoms listed above;

“We end up seeing ‘the yuck’ of our own lives, but fail to see it in the other.”

Has anyone else walked into their local bookshop and stared, aghast, at the shelves full of already-published authors whilst thinking “What chance do I have with this lot as competition?”

Have you considered that each and every published author (very likely) has gone through the exact same thing?

Do it. Send it away. Get it published! And Good Luck.

By: Don’t Get It Right, Get It Written « Procrastinating Writers

Don’t Get It Right, Get It Written « Procrastinating Writers — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:33:38 +0000

[...] belief that no matter what you attempt it is never ‘good enough’ to meet your own or others’ [...]

By: The Things Procrastinators Fear « Procrastinating Writers

The Things Procrastinators Fear « Procrastinating Writers — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:02:25 +0000

[...] Fear of not being good enough/perfect [...]

By: Annabel Candy

Annabel Candy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:58:13 +0000

Apparently it’s totally normal for writers to go through these moments of self-doubt and even great writers struggle with it too from time to time. But I could definitely do without it. Thanks for sharing!

By: Justina Wheelock

Justina Wheelock — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:40:27 +0000

Thanks! Phew…I needed that.