Don’t Think. Just Write.

Why overthinking kills your writing muse

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I am terrible at making decisions. I agonize over every outcome, imagining each scenario, obsessing over the tiniest details.

I overthink everything.

And I know I’m not alone. As writers, it’s our job to think. To focus on the details and observe everything. But it’s easy to overdo it. And it can have terrible consequences.

That novel you want to write? You get five chapters in and you read what you’ve written so far. It’s terrible. You hate every word and you don’t even know how to begin fixing it. Pretty soon you’re doubting your skills as a writer and thinking about how you’ll never make it and end up living on the streets poor and alone.

So you drop the novel. It sits on the hard drive of your computer collecting dust. You think about diving back in, but every time you get close, you find some excuse to do something else.

Sound familiar?

All your overthinking only leads to doubt and inaction. If you think too much about what you want to do, you’ll never actually do what you want to do.

Don’t Let Excuses Get In the Way

You can always find a reason not to write if you try. The dishes need to be done. You need to call your mom. That…