As you all know, I'm an aspiring writer. I've finished the first draft of a novel, and that was in December. I'm working on the first draft of another whenever I get the opportunity, as well as some shorts. The biggest problem I have, in my opinion, is that I'm such a rabid perfectionist I can't accomplish anything. Most of the time, I struggle writing posts on Internet forums out of fear that what I might say may come out wrong. Verbally, I'm a good conversationalist. When it comes to prose, however, I'm a nervous wreck. Whenever my fingers start hitting the keyboard, my heart starts racing. I'm afraid that I'll slip up and write garbage, be it on a thread or on Microsoft Word.
I already feel as if I am starting to repeat myself. My thoughts race. My fingers are constantly hitting the wrong keys, so I have to press the BACKSPACE button A LOT. My hands shake. This is what it's like when I'm trying to write anything on my computer. I'm stuck with two terrible options: I can either write nothing or write something almost Lovecraftian in its badness. If I do nothing I'll be perceived as weak, a coward. If I take the latter route, people will hate me.
I already feel as if I am starting to repeat myself. My thoughts race. My fingers are constantly hitting the wrong keys, so I have to press the BACKSPACE button A LOT. My hands shake. This is what it's like when I'm trying to write anything on my computer. I'm stuck with two terrible options: I can either write nothing or write something almost Lovecraftian in its badness. If I do nothing I'll be perceived as weak, a coward. If I take the latter route, people will hate me.