Writing Goal – Finishing Things – Part 2

Thank you. If I were to abandon my play I wouldn’t have to face the uncomfortable feeling of it not being good enough, of me not being good enough but I also wouldn’t learn and get better. If I moved on to something else I’m sure I would just get to this point again with it. It is part of the process. I think having this urge to abandon it is probably part of the process. You look at something so much you get sick to the sight of it. Abandoning it would deny me the sense of accomplishment of having finished it and the self confidence that comes with knowing I can get past this point. I think my brain is trying to save me from the effort of finishing it and also the fear of rejection that comes with sending it out in to the world.

The thing that keeps coming up for me now is that I don’t have time to wait for it to get finished. For various reasons I am on a tight deadline but my thought error is that finishing the play is going to definitely take a long time. Maybe this is my sneaky brain trying to give me a different reason to abandon it?

 

Answer:

 

Oh I think you called your sneaky brain right out and shined a flashlight on it! 100%! What if you could finish it on a deadline? What would that take? What would you need to feel and think to be able to take the kind of massive action to have a finished product by your deadline and what comes up for you with this?

Quick reminder: done does not mean perfect. Don’t let perfect get in the way of good, here.