Why Must I Write Words? Is It Not Enough To Imagine, Passionately,

why must i Write Words? is it not enough to imagine, passionately,

The best thing I've found for fixing an over-analyzing spiral is to put the work away for a bit. Don't look at it for a week (or month, or whatever) to give your brain a break from it so that you can come back to edit with fresh eyes.

helloo do you think there's something such as (re)reading yourself too much? i have the (bad?) habit of reading my story again and again to make sure i make sense when i write it, but i also feel like it's the reason why, to me, my writing eventually feels weirdly paced and generally not nice to read / write ... while it still seems fine to others.

Re-Reading Own Work Too Much

I think it's different for everyone, but if you feel like if you're re-reading too much and that's causing an issue, I do think you may want to start trying to figure out your limits. You may want to limit yourself to re-reading only in certain situations, or re-reading a chapter or scene only a certain number of times. It may take a little trial and error before you figure out your limit, but once you do, things should go a little more smoothly for you! ♥

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