tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post2800668081199093197..comments2024-03-28T18:40:05.789-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Taming Self-doubt by Warren BullJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-89765975721528412712018-06-08T17:31:41.924-04:002018-06-08T17:31:41.924-04:00Always a timely reminder to those of us who suffer...Always a timely reminder to those of us who suffer from self-doubt.<br /><br />In my experience those who never suffer from self-doubt -- should!Jim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-52687176494030211142018-06-08T13:23:10.757-04:002018-06-08T13:23:10.757-04:00These are wonderful examples, Warren. I have diffi...These are wonderful examples, Warren. I have difficulty with self-doubt. This is one blog I'll keep and read now and again. Thank you.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-1497498096065125262018-06-08T12:25:49.739-04:002018-06-08T12:25:49.739-04:00Thanks for the validation and the encouragement. W...Thanks for the validation and the encouragement. When I said I planned to submit a short story for publication, a friend said, "Start at the top." So I submitted it to a major magazine, where it's been for nine months and eight days. (I started counting days in month eight.) Some days, it's a masterpiece; some days, it's three levels below rotten. I'm just glad it was a masterpiece the day I sent it off. In P. D. James memoir, she say more than once (as I remember it), I didn't know whether I would write another book. Later she would say, Then I saw ABC and thought XYZ, and I knew I would write another book. If James doubted, I guess I'm in good company--as long as I don't let it linger. M. K. Wallerhttps://kathywaller1.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-40839781016233992622018-06-08T11:59:41.489-04:002018-06-08T11:59:41.489-04:00Warren,
An excellent post. We writers accumulate ...Warren,<br /><br />An excellent post. We writers accumulate many rejections that make us doubt our abilities. However, there is great satisfaction in knowing that we've done our very best and persisted.Jacqueline Seewaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09177500620940251009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-84368462414497124212018-06-08T11:13:45.379-04:002018-06-08T11:13:45.379-04:00Wonderful post, Warren. I find that as I age I try...Wonderful post, Warren. I find that as I age I try to ignore the doubts as much as possible. If some don't like what I write, oh well, we all have different ideas. If I'm not going to win any awards for my books, stories or poems, it doesn't matter. I'm writing because I love writing.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-4299831010643019842018-06-08T10:29:05.411-04:002018-06-08T10:29:05.411-04:00Great post. If all these great people had self-dou...Great post. If all these great people had self-doubt and succeeded, how can I be any different?<br /><br />Mary/LizLiz Millironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919409969263609919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-51799152840571634582018-06-08T10:08:45.852-04:002018-06-08T10:08:45.852-04:00It's not easy to reprogram those voices in you...It's not easy to reprogram those voices in your head that tell you you don't measure up, especially when they are just repeating what you've been told as a kid by the people you desperately wanted to approve. But it can be done, and at some point you can rewrite your own script. And listen to it.KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-43566069973780150902018-06-08T09:40:07.301-04:002018-06-08T09:40:07.301-04:00Thanks, Warren. Good advice. I've progressed f...Thanks, Warren. Good advice. I've progressed from "you really can't write and I'm wasting my time reading your submission" to "you should prioritize the romance to make your characters more believable, but watch out for purple prose."<br /><br />And so it goes.Margaret S. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979191318652199350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-62136327360205681542018-06-08T08:25:53.406-04:002018-06-08T08:25:53.406-04:00Excellent piece, Warren. It's always a bit com...Excellent piece, Warren. It's always a bit comforting to hear that some of the best of the best also face doubts and fear of failure.Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755947919433555176noreply@blogger.com