One of my biggest problems when it comes to writing is that I want to get it "just right" the first time around. Even now, as I write this post, my brain is fighting itself--half is telling me what to write, while the other half is telling me to go back and fix things. While this fighting is going on, I am finding it harder and harder to remember what it was that I wanted to write in the first place. That is probably why it takes me three days to write a page!
This battle in my head makes it difficult to let in the creativity that is lurking in the doorway. It halts any advance it tries to make as if fending it off with a sword until it runs away screaming. I want, in the worst way, to just let the ideas flow and type them out as they come. But no! My perfectionist brain wants to make sure that all is perfect before moving on. Did I spell anything wrong? Did I choose just the right word? Did I place that sentence in the correct place or would it be better someplace else, maybe two sentences ago? STOP! Just write--I tell myself. That is what editing, re-writing, and revising is all about!
Am I the only one who has this battle going on or are there others? If so, who wins? Or better yet--how do I make the two sides of my brain kiss and make up? Help.
