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Anonymous asked fuckyourwritinghabits:

hiii, i have a problem. When writing, i tend to procrastinate a lot because i put too much pressure on myself (I’m a huge perfectionnist and i’m always scared not to be good enough). I’m tired of it, it feels truly horrible so i was wondering if you had any tips?

Man, I feel you. On one hand you know you have to let go over perfectionism, because writing is a big, sloppy mess at first and perfecting later. On the other hand, perfectionism isn’t bad, you just need a way to turn if off when you need it. Here are a fuckload of links that’ll help with the perfectionism:

• 6 Ways for Writers to Overcome Perfectionist Tendencies
• 4 Tips for Overcoming Perfectionism for Writers
• Tips on Giving Voice to Your Writing and Overcoming Perfectionism as a Writer
• Overcoming Perfectionism: Stop Going Around in Circles
• How to Overcome Perfectionism: 8 Strategies

And here’s some tumblr links to help you through the procrastination phase:

• Keyboardsmashwriters: Backhanding Procrastination
• Neil Gaiman On Procrastination

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