Don't get too hung up on how you write if you aren't also considering what you write.
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#110: Writing During Times of Life Upheaval
Do whatever you need to do to get through it. The writing will be patiently waiting for you on the other side.
#101: Writing Submissions and Competition
Why is your focus on your friend, and not on the people who are reading the submissions and making decisions about which ones to accept?
#73: Counteracting Envy of Other People’s Success
Your feelings of envy are harming you by making it hard for you to achieve a degree of self-defined success that might lead to you feeling less envious.
#71: You Are Allowed to Write Outside Your Own Experience
The question is how to go about writing characters who aren't like you, not whether you are allowed to.
#63: Confronting the Costs of Writing
We often have to confront the undeniable fact that writing takes time away from other things that we, or other people, think we should be doing.
#60: Starting Small
You have to pace yourself, like an athlete with an injury doing slow small exercises before returning to marathon running.
#55: Writing for Five Minutes at a Time
Work with your innate writing process rather than against it, and you'll be much happier and more productive.
#48: Writing Characters Who Share Your Identities
Don't try to tell an "authentic" story. Instead, tell an "inauthentic" truth.
#47: When to Reject a Critique
Critiques should not make you question the value of your work, or the value of yourself.
