Comments on: Battling Yourself: Fighting the Fear of Writing http://susanpogorzelski.com/home/battling-yourself-fighting-the-fear-of-writing Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:12:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Susan Pogorzelski - admin http://susanpogorzelski.com/home/battling-yourself-fighting-the-fear-of-writing/comment-page-1#comment-66 Susan Pogorzelski - admin Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:30:40 +0000 http://susanpogorzelski.com/?p=463#comment-66 Anna: Thanks for your comment (and all of your valued advice!). I agree, there's a compulsion to edit and I wonder if that's due to technology making it so easy. Though I do wonder if writing is kind of like playing a musical instrument in that your fingers know where they're going, it's just your mind that you have to worry about getting in the way. Thanks again for your words. Trust them. They're good ones ;) Anna: Thanks for your comment (and all of your valued advice!). I agree, there’s a compulsion to edit and I wonder if that’s due to technology making it so easy. Though I do wonder if writing is kind of like playing a musical instrument in that your fingers know where they’re going, it’s just your mind that you have to worry about getting in the way.

Thanks again for your words. Trust them. They’re good ones ;)

]]> By: Anna http://susanpogorzelski.com/home/battling-yourself-fighting-the-fear-of-writing/comment-page-1#comment-61 Anna Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:32:09 +0000 http://susanpogorzelski.com/?p=463#comment-61 My biggest struggle lately has been to write without my finger constantly hitting the backspace key. It's so frustrating to not trust your own words. But then again, it is like not trusting your instrument--those who are accomplished and practiced in music don't need to think through the notes, or the chords, or the lyrics to perform. The same is true for writing. And the thing is, writing isn't an immediate performance the way music is--so there's always time for editing and perfecting later. My biggest struggle lately has been to write without my finger constantly hitting the backspace key. It’s so frustrating to not trust your own words. But then again, it is like not trusting your instrument–those who are accomplished and practiced in music don’t need to think through the notes, or the chords, or the lyrics to perform. The same is true for writing. And the thing is, writing isn’t an immediate performance the way music is–so there’s always time for editing and perfecting later.

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