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12 Thoughts All Writers Have When They’re About to Start a New Writing Project

1. I’M SO EXCITED!

2. All right. Everything’s ready to go. I just have to start writing.

3. Maybe I’ll just check my email one more time first.

4. OK, I’m ready now. Wait … maybe I should grab a snack.

5. I have a lot of ideas. This shouldn’t be so hard.

6. Yes! I’m starting. This feels weird. I don’t think I prepared enough for this.

7. Should I really be doing this? Is this a mistake?

8. What about all the other projects I started but never finished?

9. But I’m SO EXCITED about this one!

10. Every writer feels like this at the beginning, right? Nervous, but, like, giddy?

11. If it doesn’t end up working out, that’s OK. I’ll never know if it’ll succeed unless I start writing.

12. OK. OK. I can do this. I CAN do this.

Meg is the creator of Novelty Revisions, dedicated to helping writers put their ideas into words. She is a staff writer with The Cheat Sheet, a freelance editor and writer, and a 10-time NaNoWriMo winner. Follow Meg on Twitter for tweets about writing, food and nerdy things.

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  1. indiarodgers Avatar
    indiarodgers

    I usually procrastinate so much before I finally settle down to write. “Oh I’ll just put the washing on…this cupboard definitely needs to be sorted out now” :D Great post.

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    1. Meg Dowell Avatar
      Meg Dowell

      Thanks :) Procrastination is still a major hurdle for me as well. We never really stop, we just learn to make it work. :P

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  2. Don Massenzio Avatar
    Don Massenzio

    Reblogged this on Author Don Massenzio and commented:
    Check out this great post from the Novelty Revisions blog with 12 thoughts all writers have when they’re about to start a new writing project

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