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“All writing problems are psychological problems. Blocks usually stem from the fear of being judged. If you imagine the world listening, you'll never write a line. That's why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.”
― Erica Jong, The New Writer's Handbook 2007: A Practical Anthology of Best Advice for Your Craft & Career

tags: creative-process, drafting, psychology, writers-block, writing

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“I haven't written in a week. It's like holding your breath under water. You feel an awful constriction and then the instinct to propel yourself.”
― D.A. Botta

tags: writer, writers-block, writing, writist

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“It takes away a lot of the thrill of killing yourself when people are looking for you and you're disappointing them, because it is a lot of fun when you're out there killing yourself.”
― Anthony Kiedis, Scar Tissue

tags: drug-addiction

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“Why do I keep evading my work? Is it because I’m afraid of being confronted by my lack of abilities?”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

tags: doubt, work, writers-block, writing

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“You know, the whole thing about perfectionism. The perfectionism is very dangerous. Because of course if your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything. Because doing anything results in...it's actually kind of tragic because you sacrifice how gorgeous and perfect it is in your head for what it really is. And there were a couple of years where I really struggled with that.”
― David Foster Wallace