My Biggest Writing Distraction Is Me
Shalom. My name is Yoel. I have just met you and I love that you’re reading this. My God Yahweh gave me this passion for writing. Yahweh, The One True God, is forever good, forever Omniscient, and He gave me this love, so that I may write. Youtube!
When it comes to writing, I am my biggest distraction. This feels so liberating to say, because it’s true! I distract myself with Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. Yet, once the problem is acknowledged, the solution is nigh, no? I mainly distract myself when I have writer’s block. I notice that these intangibles engender writer’s block:
Fear or self-doubt.
Exhaustion.
High standards that we place upon ourselves.
Feelings of incompetence.
Perfectionism.
Busyness.
Laziness.
Lack of structure or self-discipline.
My fellow writers, can you identify with any of the aforementioned items? High standards. Perfectionism. The last hits home with me. Yet…
