I had a long conversation with someone today about how I spend much of my free time doubting myself.
Of course, I'm not special. Talk to most creative types. We doubt ourselves. Our work.
Even though I should be feeling good. Should be feeling a little less doubt-y after these past few months.
Instead, I find myself wracked with even more doubt.
What the hell do I do about that?
What the hell those anyone do about that?
Judging from conversations I've had with other self-doubting creative types, most people just work through it.
Ignore it.
Put it in a drawer to deal with tomorrow.
Judging from a line or two in this interview with Zadie Smith, it never really goes away.
I've been finding it a bit hard to ignore.
Instead it creeps up anytime I'm trying to put a pen to paper, my hands to the keyboard...often stopping me in my tracks.
So what is a self doubting gal like me to do?
...I don't really know...
Except...write...?
Write through it.
Even if I am writing I suck at writing over and over again every morning at 9am...?
Sounds like a plan, yeah?
That is what I am going with.
What about you? Have any ideas?
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