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writingquotes-deactivated201509
There exists this moment before I edit where I feel completely overwhelmed. This is, quite literally, part of my process. I get this sense of literary vertigo, like I’m staring over the cliff’s edge into the crashing gears of some giant malevolent machine that I cannot comprehend and that I am sure will crush me into my constituent parts. And in this moment I want to back away and say, “Fuck it, I’m not doing this, I’m done, game over, my work sucks, I’m not a writer, I’m just some asshole, I can’t hack it, I can’t-” And then I leap over the cliff’s edge and let the gears take me. And that’s when I find out it wasn’t as bad as I thought. It’s never as bad as you thought.
Chuck Wendig (via writingquotes)
#quotes#writing; me#I think my writing sucks#right now I'm looking at stuff#(stuff that needs just a few minor adjustments before it can go off to beta)#and question everything#it's not linear#all over the place#the writing is not tight#THE FUCK AM I EVEN TRYING TO SAY#repetetive#out of character#IT JUST SUCKS AND I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH IT ANYMORE#I'm not kidding when I say that writing is one of the worst hobbies to have#the anxiety this shit causes me omg#but you know what?#in the end -- a few days later -- it really never sucks as much as I thought it did#I just need to sit down and finish this#'just' she says#*ugly crying*