In Others’ Words: Confident to Do It Well

I’m a creative. There’s something fun about the title “creative” for what I do — the fact that I write books.

But behind that one word is the reality that a lot of work goes into writing a book. Brainstorming. Crafting characters. Fast Drafting. Rewriting –and repeat, repeat, repeat. Rewriting is a major part of writing a book. Edits equals rewrites. Oh, did I mention marketing? How could I forget social media and interviews and guest blog posts?

And, truth is, as I said before “living the dream means doing the work.”

And sometimes … the stress of the work strangles my creativity. 

I’m in a staring contest with my deadline — and I blink.

That’s when I talk to one of my writing friends. One of the ones who knows me best and who is on speed dial. The kind who will say, “Just write the story, Beth. Stop overthinking everything and just write the story.”

Maybe you’re a creative like me. Maybe you’re an engineer like my husband was before he switched careers and went to medical school. But no matter what you do, we all come to the point when we need to stop thinking “how do we do this?”

We need to relax. Trust that we know how. And do it.

In Your Words: What helps you stop overthinking the “how” so that  you succeed at what you do? 

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'We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.' quote by William Hazlitt http://bit.ly/2IYfcx8 #confidence #writing
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