How I Learned To Trust The Writing Process

Trust Yourself, Trust Your Process!!

Hello Friends and Neighbors, this week has been super exciting and I can’t wait to share it with you guys. My book is almost writing itself, and I feel like I’ve unlocked the secret to my creativity and overcoming writers block!Writing the book has taken up a lot of my creative energy, which has left very little time or creativity for Flash or Poetry, but I think that’s just part of my process. I’m going to cover that revilation later.

So I’ve learned something this week as the novel started flowing so fast that I could barrely keep up. This has happened in the past, I’ve written a few first drafts this way that never went anywhere because they were so easy to write. They couldn’t have been any good if they were that easy to write…right?

The logical part of my brain says that sounds crazy, even if the first draft isn’t any good, that’s the whole point of the first draft. You’re supposed to edit it and make it good after that. Logically, I think we all know that, but imposter syndrom is a B with and itch and well…ya win some and you loose some. There is a lesson here, I’m a firm believer that as long as you learn a lesson, nothing is lost. I’ve heard this lesson a million different times in a million different contexts, as I’m sure you have too, but it never really clicked for writing until now.

Trust Your Process

Imposter syndrom is a nasty thing and I let it take over. I believed that my process needed to look differently because no one else had the same process. Obiously they have the processes that work. They’re the experts and I need to do things the way they do them or I’m not a real writer right? Well no, not right. It’s times like these that I need to remind myself that I am writing, I have finished first drafts in the past, this book will come out in it’s own time. It WILL come out.

When You Force Creativity, It Runs In The Other Direction

The other lesson I’ve learned is that when creativity is forced, it runs in the other direction. I have been pushing myself so hard for this book and for social media so that I can get off third shift and follow my dreams, and every time I put pressure on myself, the creativity turns off.

There are days when the lack of sleep, the migranes, and the pressures from working a full time job and being a full time mom with a four year old, no child care, and a house to take care of and run, the weight of it all comes crashing down and doubt creeps in. Those are the days I dig into my emotions, feel them fully, and remind myself that the process takes time. There’s no fast track and I need to trust the process and let things take their rightful course.

Good Things Take Time

We’re building a foundation here. A foundation of authenticity and hard work, and dreams come true. I believe with all my heart that if I keep moving forward, if I keep working hard, and learning, everything will fall into place the way it’s meant to.

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading this and supporting me in my dream as an authentic work in progress.

After thought

I wrote this post out and during the days of editing, I listened to the Mel Robin’s podcast (one of my favorites actually). There’s an episode called “This One Research Studdy Will Change How You Think About Your Entire Life”. A little bit of a spoiler, this episode is essentially all about how Authenticity can take down communism, among other things. It’s definitly worth a listen.

Go out and be authentic today, I’ll see you on the next one.