Tag: Self-doubt

The Writing Life: Doubts Part 5: How I Made My Peace with Doubt (Or: How I Reduced Doubt to the Guerilla War Option Only. Or: Be The Shark)

On By rodericktmacdonaldIn Advice, Doubt, Encouragement, Writing2 Comments

That’s a lengthly title. But for me an accurate one. I have not defeated doubt, I have not cast it into the outer darkness to lie impotent and weeping. I have, like the demon in my book, cut it down to a manageable size, and reduced it to fighting me at the page by page …

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The Writing Life: Doubts Part 3: Losing At The Comparison Game

On By rodericktmacdonaldIn Advice, Books, Doubt, Writing3 Comments

Here we are again, wrestling with doubts! This week I’m going to highlight another way that doubt can worm its way into a writer’s psyche: the comparison game. By now, I hope you are all familiar with my cast of doubt-related characters: General Zod, Sally, and the Toad. Visit here for the primer! Over many …

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