Ways You Could be Self-Sabotaging Your Writing Career - WritersLife.org

Ways You Could be Self-Sabotaging Your Writing Career - WritersLife.org 

 

 

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Hello there its Peter here again from

Writer's Life and today ways you might be

self sabotaging your writing career one

thing many writers have in common is

their ability to self-sabotage writers

can often be so unfairly negative about

themselves and their work it is as if

they are their own worst enemy bar the

obvious negative effect this has on once

self-esteem this self-sabotage also

naturally has an effect on a writer's

ability to succeed having put so much

time energy and care into your work

doesn't it seems something of a shame if

you are the one who gets in the way of

your own success be open to the

possibility of actually being a

successful writer is so important it's

not just about look or even about talent

it's also about having a positive

mindset and the determination to keep

going

even when the chips are down so what are

the signs to look out for which may

suggest you are sabotaging your writing

career here are some of the most common

and first you've fallen out of love with

writing gone are the days where you felt

excited and elated

every time you sat down to write lately

it feels so much more forced your

stories like the passion and flow of

earlier times and you keep getting

distracted or finding any excuse to

leave your work and go and do something

else

if this sounds like you you need to

think about what might be causing you to

feel this way if you can understand the

cause as to why your writing doesn't

fulfill you as it used to you can tackle

it head-on make a list of all the things

you love about writing and all the

obstacles that stop you from doing it or

enjoy it as you should focus on what

makes you happy and don't worry about

the rest and next

you've lost confidence in your ability

to write if you started to feel negative

about your writing ability and

everything you write seems terrible this

negativity is bound to have an impact on

the quality of your writing overall

perhaps it's time to reassess how you

critique your work are you too hard on

yourself or perhaps you need to go back

to basics and start again producing a

great piece of writing is a slow and

laird process but it's essential that

you remain confident in your ability to

achieve what you want to achieve next

you're suffering from the dreaded

writer's block if you simply can't find

any inspiration and every time you sit

down to write your mind goes blank

there could be an underlying reason that

has locked you in a downward spiral and

you need to get yourself out of it

before your career starts to suffer it's

hard to be creative when you are feeling

stressed or anxious so try to find ways

to clear your mind and relax so that you

have the necessary freedom to write find

inspiration by joining a writing group

apps taking up a new hobby maybe

traveling or just experimenting with

your writing to see if

it in a new direction reinvigorates you

once more and next when you do get some

interest you worry too much if an agent

or publisher shows interest in your book

it's important to accept this as an

awesome compliment some writers end up

self sabotaging by immediately finding

the enormity of finishing their book or

making suggested revisions too

overwhelming they feel like an impostor

becomes suspicious and uncertain and

pest to the agent or publisher so much

that eventually the deal falls through

remember if you do get interest you are

in a considerable minority it's okay to

be nervous but try to be calm and

professional and stay confident in your

ability to get the job done

next you finish your work and never send

it off a classic sign of writer

self-sabotage is that dusty old

manuscript that sits shrouded in shame

at the bottom of a desk drawer or those

many drafty emails to agents and

publishers that have been sitting ready

to go for months if you have finished

your work spent a sensible amount of

time and focus editing it and crafted a

solid submission later it's time to let

it go you are probably never going to

feel your work is perfect or good enough

to submit but if you want to stand a

chance there has to be a point where you

let it go if yourself sabotaging your

writing career it's time to figure out

why once you start giving it some

thought the reasons should become pretty

clear so just listen to yourself your

instincts and try to nip it in the bud

as soon as possible and don't forget if

you're struggling to write or finish

your book our free writers toolkit can

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