Procrastination and the fear of failing

by Mehdi Kasbel
19th December 2014

Once again I'm about to start a work that counts for me and that I'm shaping in my head for many weeks, without putting on paper much than a first paragraph

And once again I have this bad feeling that if write down what I have in mind, it will not be as good as what I have imagined, and that all this work will collapse like a house of cards...

So, once again, I'm in this atermoiement phase that I really dislike !

Any writer's trick to fight it ?

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Hi Mehdi,

Fear of failure is very common and I suffered with this for a long time. I won by recognising it for what it was; in my case, procrastination and low self-esteem.

No tricks for fighting it ... just try to recognise it for what it really is and the rest will come.

Good luck :)

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