"One of the biggest roadblocks I have in the drafting process is self-doubt. I beat myself up about..."

“One of the biggest roadblocks I have in the drafting process is self-doubt. I beat myself up about how sloppy the pages are or how cliché the plot might be or how my concept in another author’s hands would be executed better. I am my own worst enemy. A perfection monster.

These evil thoughts creep in every three days or so, and I become paralyzed with doubt. I forget that first drafts are messy. My head becomes a storm of negative thoughts. Can I really write this draft? Will readers like i...