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Sonia Bataebo's avatar

For me,my writing resistance has to do with self-doubt. I get imposter syndrome everytime I write. “My ideas don't sound intelligent enough,“ “What am saying is not important”, and a whole lot more. Even when people genuinely compliment my writing, I just think it's a way to make me feel nice.

Thank you for this 10 minute tip. This is going to make writing less dreadful for me.

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Razza's avatar

I never got to see the film, but we had a (really bad) babysitter who told me the plot, when she was babysitting us. My parents got home to find me rigid with fear. And they had to find a new babysitter.

I read a great piece of advice in a blog once that helps me counter resistance - to start every writing session by forgiving myself for not writing more. Sitting down to write can bring up hard feelings about all the writing I haven't done, so I try to let that go with this small practice.

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