Plus yet another highly dated pop culture reference and some light profanity. If you wish to avoid spoilers for a 42-year-old movie and/or are offended by mild swear words, proceed carefully.
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.
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.
You are brilliant! I literally logged in at 11:55 for a noon college meeting, couldn't for the life of me find the Zoom link for 15 min, emailed Dean's asst.....then realized I was a week early. So I found an hour and started thru my emails and found your prompt, which I REALLY needed to 'hear.' So I am writing right now....and scheduled 3 times this week I will do so.
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.
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.
I love this post, and I think it may help me get un-stuck. Monday will be my first scheduled 10-min writing day!
You are brilliant! I literally logged in at 11:55 for a noon college meeting, couldn't for the life of me find the Zoom link for 15 min, emailed Dean's asst.....then realized I was a week early. So I found an hour and started thru my emails and found your prompt, which I REALLY needed to 'hear.' So I am writing right now....and scheduled 3 times this week I will do so.