Is Being a Perfectionist Holding You Back - WritersLife.org

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We LOVE to read comments so please leave a comment and subscribe to Our channel:  https://www.youtube.com/writerslifeorg Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to  http://www.writerslife.org/finish-your-book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ hello there is pizza here again from writers life and coming up today is being a perfectionist holding you back writers are well known for being perfectionist and why not writing a novel to be proud of takes considerable time and effort and wanting to get it absolutely right before you send it to publishers or share it with the world makes good sense however there is a downsides of perfectionism if taken to the extreme while it's great to be contentious and thorough in your work if you won't let it go until there's a hundred percent perfect you're going to come up with a rather significant problem the problem is no piece of writing is perfect that's the truth of the matter even the most well-received novels and celebrated writers don't write perfect stories and they certainly don't start out anything near that way if you keep holding on to the idea that you can make your story perfect you'll never ever finish it so how to recognize perfectionist behavior and what to do about it if you're too self-critical if you never share your work if you edit your work so much that you want even sure if you're making it any better you may well be a perfectionist here then are some tips to help you get past this first get your first draft written tell yourself that you can perfect your writing later and then focus all your energy on getting that first draft now if you can put aside your aspirations of perfection until your first draft is finished at least you've got the ground load without letting your factionism get in the way next be realistic expense rejection expect to feel uncertain expect to look back at something you've written and feel shocked and how bad it is this is all completely normal the reality is that most writers will experience rejection and criticism and that's okay if you can be realistic about this and not let the fear of it happening to you block you from getting your work out there you will at least be able to say you gave it everything be willing to learn there are always lessons to be learned when it comes to writing from tips on how to improve your prose to information about the writing industry be open to learning as much as you can perfectionists often struggle with feedback and advice so trying to open up to learning experimenting and absorbing input for others can be so helpful keep practicing the more you write the better you get but also the more you write the more you will become used to the imperfections in your writing keep producing material keep tweaking it keep adjusting and reworking and editing and learn and grow as a writer and editor as you do so learn when to stop accepting that a perfect piece of writing doesn't exist is the first step it's usually important to work on our manuscripts until we've created the world the caring system the plot that we feel does our story justice it's essential to redraft and edit to these processes take time and effort and can be very challenging however this hard work is not to be confused with perfectionism knowing when to stop when you've done enough and when you can be proud satisfied with what you've achieved is so important as JK Rowling once said failure gave me an inner security that I had never been said by passing examinations failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way embrace failure accept your flaws and let go of perfectionism and you'll be a more productive and happier writer for it and don't forget if you're struggling to write or finish your book our free writers talking can help with it you'll learn how to overcome procrastination get organized stay focused find time to write and finally get your book published to get access now while it's still available simply go to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit that's it   for now be sure to give us a thumbs up and to like this video and be sure to subscribe to our channel for more I'm Peter and I'll see you next time bye for now