How To Finish: Three Hurdles Every Writer Must Overcome
by Tim Suddeth @TimSuddeth I was so excited about doing this post. I�d just completed the climax for my work-in-progress and it looked like I would be writing those beautiful words, The End, just as I would start writing this post. It was all going so well, until . . . It wasn�t. For the last few days my writing has been stuck. But the clothes basket is empty, and my email box. And I keep looking out the window at things that need to be done in the yard. I�m looking anywhere but at the computer. Four scenes from the end of the book that I�ve worked on for nearly six months and suddenly it looks like a bowl of overcooked Brussels sprouts. Eew. And I�m not surprised at all. See, I�ve been through this before. And, after reading Finish, by Jon Acuff, I�ve learned that others have, too. This is a book Cynthia Owens recommended and mentioned in her December 5, 2017 post. Coming close to the end is just one of three hurdles our brains, or what he calls perfectionism, throw in fro...