I’ve been working on a project recently. It is a fun project that has been pretty easy to write, but about a week ago I started doubting whether or not it was any good. After much consideration I decided to start the book again. I spent a few days rewriting the book. Then one day my husband asked me what I’d been working on and I told him that I was rewriting my latest novel. “Why are you doing that?” he asked. I couldn’t give him an answer.
After talking to him I went back and read what I had originally written. It turns out that I didn’t change much at all in the rewrite. It was shocking to me because I thought I was making a lot of changes.
It turns out that I spent a few days basically wasting my time writing something I’d already written. How useless it that!! Unbelievable!! I’ve gone back to writing the original book now and set my rewrite aside.
Do you have problems trusting yourself when it comes to your writing? Getting feedback from other people is great. Other perspectives can give you a different angle on your book that will help improve it, but you need to trust your instincts about it too.
Do you think you have a great idea? Do you think your book is good? If you don’t go with that. Don’t be so convinced that you can’t listen to reasonable criticism about it, but don’t take every criticism as valid.
Weigh carefully what is said and who is saying it. If something really does need to be changed change it.
In the end, you always have to remember that it is your story. It is your idea. You have the last say. I’m telling you this because mostly I need to hear it, but I figure that if I need to hear it there is someone out there who needs to hear it too.
Love your story. Love your creativity.
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