I appear to be frozen with my work. I'm halfway through my book or more and I still can't deliver a goddamn chapter I don't know why I need help it's like I don't want to finish because it means death in my head and that's so stupid but it's real and I want to do my work. Help.

Mar 7, 2022 · 2:54 PM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
I wrote professionally for a couple decades. I often experienced an inflection point in my effort, between "I don't know how to start this" and "I don't know how to stop writing, so many ideas spring to mind". Hope it's the same for you.
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It's specifically the details at the finish line and inability to commit it to the server I am terrified of submission and completion this was never part of my makeup and I don't understand it
Replying to @mholzschlag
:care:
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Try this: make a plan for your *next* book. It can be about anything: how to find beauty in common things; what makes something aesthetically pleasing (or not); favorite quotes (and why); how you found web design, and what you would have done otherwise...
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Replying to @mholzschlag
Hugs an Kisses Molly! Don‘t force it.
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Every death is also a new life in some sense. A new circumstance to make the best of and hopefully find something meaningful within.
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Christian you put it beautifully. I guess I'm not alone I just don't know how to deal with something that never was a problem for me before and I'm having a lot of dissonance in my brain trying to figure out why instead of how to fix it.
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