state of grace

Do you ever start writing something that you’re excited about and that seems like it’s turning out well and that you’re getting eager to share, and then you start typing it up or doing an edit pass and it’s just awful it’s awful its premise is fundamentally flawed and it’s out of character and the prose is clunky and the plot is badly paced and ludicrous and the whole thing is embarrassing, how could you have done this, how could you have sunk so much time into this, you can’t even look at it, how is this that shining thing you were so excited about, how could you even have considered finishing it let alone sharing it with anyone, you’re crying, your mother is crying, nuns are spontaneously exploding in the streets,

reread the WIP I wrote this about and turns out actually it’s fine

How is this so accurate 😭

Most of the time our perception of our own writing is skewed. Just take a break from it if you feel this way. If you don’t like what you’re writing, just put it aside and come back to it later. Usually it’s fine, or you need the time to think, and when you come back to it, you’ll see how you can fix it.