Spend a cozy & productive day with me working on my book's second draft, getting back into my writing routine, and having a chat about selfdoubt as a writer~

Selfdoubt, setbacks, and fear are a normal part of writing but can make it really difficult to be consistent and stick with your novel✒

Here are a few things that help me deal with selfdoubt in my writing, and I hope they can be helpful for you too!

Try to think of your selfdoubt as entry requirements to get to where you want to be. If you want to write a book, but you feel like you can’t because you’re “not smart enough”, “not disciplined/consistent enough”, or “just don’t believe it’s possible for you”, then these are the exact things you need to deal with IN ORDER to reach your goals.

They’re like stepping stones, because as you’re pursuing a goal, you’ll be confronted with the very things in yourself that are holding you back. This is a good thing!! It reveals what exactly you need to change so that you can reach that goal.

For example: If you don’t trust yourself to see this through because you think you’ll just give up anyway, then you need to develop the discipline you lack to reach this goal. Start small, prove to yourself you’ll do what you say. Write 200 words every day, about anything, not for your writing but for your discipline IN writing. Do this consistently, and these doubts will start to disappear. If you don’t believe it’s possible to reach your goal, then challenge that. Find people who did, how did they do it? Can you do the same? Why not? I promise you, if you deal with the root of your selfdoubt, you’ll be able to overcome it and grow into the person who CAN reach your goals.

Thanks so much for watching, I hope you liked this video Let me know what you think in the comments, and I'll see you next week!

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:57 Tips for dealing with selfdoubt
5:00 Working on my 2nd draft
7:06 My writing routine
9:42 Trip to the store & candy haul
10:41 Current read and book review
12:53 How I set goals & improve as a writer

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