I’m struggling to “settle into” the new book I’m writing and it’s stressing me out. Except, I’ve just remembered this exact same thing has happened with each of the five books I’ve already written 😬 Reminding myself to be kind to myself and be patient - it’ll come 🥰 - ThreadSky

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heatherjfitt.bsky.social • 40 days ago

I’m struggling to “settle into” the new book I’m writing and it’s stressing me out.

Except, I’ve just remembered this exact same thing has happened with each of the five books I’ve already written 😬

Reminding myself to be kind to myself and be patient - it’ll come 🥰

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dreadflintstone.bsky.social•40 days ago

I'm only on my first book, and I'm battling the edit /second draft. It sometimes feels like pulling teeth.

heatherjfitt.bsky.social•40 days ago

I’ve found each book I’ve written hard in different ways, but I have also started to notice patterns.
Keep at it - progress not perfection 😊

kdrisme.bsky.social•39 days ago

I should've got back to work on one project & started a new one on 6th Jan. To date I haven't written a thing. Too much other stuff going on, & every time I sit down to write I get an attack of "What's the point? Why bother? I'm useless & it'll only get nicked by AI" etc anyway. 🫤

roxiekey.bsky.social•40 days ago

I'm in a similar situation - 8k words in and at the point where I used to sack it in (before I wrote my debut!). Hoping to get into the swing of it soon...

heatherjfitt.bsky.social•40 days ago

Be kind to yourself - it’s hard. And don’t forget, thinking about and planning your book counts as working on your book.

roxiekey.bsky.social•40 days ago

Oh definitely! It's fully planned out, so I've done heaps of work already.
Is yours coming along all right? X

heatherjfitt.bsky.social•40 days ago

I’ve rejigged the opening chapters today, which was absolutely the right thing to do, and I know what I’m writing tomorrow. So, for now, yes - it’s going okay x

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