The “F” word is running my life. No, silly. Not THAT “F” word. I’m talking about fear, a writer’s worst enemy. Fear of failure. Fear of rejection. Fear of success and how it’ll change our lives. Fear our mother and friends will think differently of us once they see just how demented our minds really are. Yeah. That’s a lot of fear.
The perfectionist part of me is procrastinating with my synopsis. Maybe if I research some more, I’ll do a better job. Maybe I’ll wake up and realize I wrote it in my sleep. Maybe Santa’s elves will do it for me. Okay. Time for a reality check. None of that is going to happen. AND THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT SYNOPSIS. I have to focus, focus, focus. Sometimes, an agent won’t even read the synopsis until after they’ve decided to represent you. Hey! Maybe that’ll happen to me. Maybe the manuscript will sell itself. Maybe I’d better stop coming up with maybe comments and get back to work on the synopsis. Alright. I’ll get to it… in a while. :)
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Ahhh...fear, the great crippler. There is no cure except to work through it. You have to just ignore all the "what will they thinks?" right out the window and be done with it, which is much easier said than done, but well worth the effort in the long wrong.
ReplyDeleteI suffer from the same affliction and it's a terrible thing. In fact, it was fear of failure that kept me from pursuing my writing dream until I turned 40. Then, the fear of not ever pursuing my dream loomed larger, finally forcing me to go for it.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, hang in there!! You can do it. :-)
"Fear our mother and friends will think differently of us once they see just how demented our minds really are."
ReplyDeleteThat, and the fear of any of my writing looking like it came right from a frined's experience.
Ugh, I hear you. But you're already so much further down the road...keep going!!