A writer friend has confessed she’s scared to begin her novel. She’s done a ton of research (historical), knows her characters pretty well, and should be ready to write. But, eek! It’s so big, a whole long novel! And there are so many other novels out there that are wonderful! How could hers possibly be as wonderful as all those?! She’s in a panic.
To her and to all the rest of us writers whose knees occasionally grow weak I say, focus. Take it bit by bit, paragraph by paragraph. If you know where you’re going (something I’ve discussed in previous posts) you’ll eventually get there. To borrow Anne Lamott’s famous phrase, just take it “bird by bird.”
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