BoosterBronze
10-25-2005, 02:03 PM
I'm probbaly a month or two away from finishing the novel I'm writing. I do about 5,000 words a week, and giving me time for a rewrite, I expect to have the finished thing done by the end of the year or roundabouts.
This is BY FAR the biggest thing I've ever written. I've had a handful of shortstories, newspapers collumns, a silly webcomic, and a one act play, but nothing of this scope. Nearing the end of something this big that I plan to try and publish, I find myself growing more and more anxious. I'm a confident writer, but suddenly I am constantly second guessing not just the quality, but the competence of what I'm writing. It seems every time I get another ten thousand words, my level of nervousness increases exponentially. Everyday the sinking feeling that the whole thing is crap and I'm just too dumb to realize it grows.
Is this normal? This isn't writers block, it's something I've never experienced before. Do other creators go through this? Am I just afraid to finish?
This is BY FAR the biggest thing I've ever written. I've had a handful of shortstories, newspapers collumns, a silly webcomic, and a one act play, but nothing of this scope. Nearing the end of something this big that I plan to try and publish, I find myself growing more and more anxious. I'm a confident writer, but suddenly I am constantly second guessing not just the quality, but the competence of what I'm writing. It seems every time I get another ten thousand words, my level of nervousness increases exponentially. Everyday the sinking feeling that the whole thing is crap and I'm just too dumb to realize it grows.
Is this normal? This isn't writers block, it's something I've never experienced before. Do other creators go through this? Am I just afraid to finish?