It's Insecure Writers Support Group day! Thank you to the amazing Alex Cavanaugh and his wonderful co-hosts, Laura at My Baffling Brain, Mark Koopmans, Shah Wharton, and Sheena-Kay Graham!If you aren't familiar with the IWSG you should go check it out. It's a wonderful, wonderful group full of amazingly supportive writers.
My insecurity this month is setting goals. I'm very behind in my writing, summer was so crazy busy with four kids. But I'm hoping to catch up now that my older two started school yesterday. But I'm worried that having slowed down, I won't be able to catch back up.
So I'm trying to push myself, give myself a goal and make myself stick to it. I want to finish my YA ms by October first. I should be able to do this. This should be an attainable goal. I just need to make it happen.
Easy peasy, right? ;-)
So how about you? What are your insecurities this month?
Just don't overload yourself trying to catch up on everything - focus on that book!
ReplyDeleteI know you can meet your goals. But if for some reason you don't, please don't beat yourself up over it. We busy moms need to give ourselves a break sometimes too!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad to hear that I am not the only one who gets overwhelmed. I've been trying to make lists and get stuff done in a timely manner. So far, I am scoring about 50%
ReplyDeleteI (try to) dedicate every free moment to writing, so when I can't, or it's a been a day or two since I've written, I freak out. I think, I'm SOO far behind. But I'm not. You're not. You just move forward. Just write today. Write tomorrow and keep at it. As long as you work, you're improving on what you have.
ReplyDeleteMy insecurities exist but I plan to rise above them. Love that quote Rachel.
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You can do it! I really need to make a few goals for myself and actually stick to them.
ReplyDeleteWrite, write, write! I need to do the dame and finish my manuscript this month.
ReplyDeleteMy insecurities this month are working on a short. I don't have a lot of experience w/them, so it's a learning process for sure! Best of luck to you w/your goals, I know you can do it!
ReplyDeleteI like that picture; I want to put a copy of it above my desk. I'm insecure because I've been writing less lately; every time I sit down to write I feel like I have less to say. But I know that if I don't keep writing I'll feel worse.
ReplyDeleteMy writing has slowed down from end of August. I need to catch up and finish my MS before September ends.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to know I'm not the only one in this boat. Writing this summer has been like zero + now, that I have all this time, I thought I'd be rocking out words. But it's not working that way. Maybe if we all prod and poke each other enough, the words will come. *poke poke*
ReplyDeleteI'm insecure about everything... well everything to do with publishing.
ReplyDeleteI think you're on the right track, though. Just keep plugging away and it'll happen. It's like the adage: you eat the elephant one bite at a time.
Challenging goals are good, but having them means that sometimes we'll fail to meet them.
ReplyDeleteRather than stress about the catching up, could you just accept you didn't do quite as much as you hoped over the summer and re-evaluate the goals?
Easy peasy! My problem is having so much to do, I don't know where to start, so I end up sitting down and doing nothing :-( You sound like you'll make much better choices than me!
ReplyDeleteEasy peasy isn't always that easy. I'm right there with you. Summer is always a slow period for my writing. With the kids out of school, it's hard to squeeze in that free time and I know what you mean about getting back into a tempo or speed that you are accustomed to. I know what I should be able to do. Now I just need to make it happen. Your post has inspired me. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI've been struggling with this lately, too. I feel so behind on my webcomic, and am not even sure I can catch up properly. Good luck wrapping up your manuscript by October! Will keep my fingers crossed for you... :)
ReplyDeleteYou can do it! Summer was so busy for me too. I'd hoped to be querying by end of summer early fall, but it'll be about a month now. Unless I get ants in my pants and start before I finish. (I'm down to micro editing now.)
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