In one of my previous posts, I talked about writing consistently, and how that was one of my main goals for 2025. Recently, I have started to reflect some more on why I didn’t achieve that this year. When I looked more closely, a lot of procrastination seemed to occur around the plot of my story.
Is plotting paralysis a thing? It seems to be for me.
I have always been a planner in life. I love notebooks, sticky notes, planners – ALL things stationery! I have bought craft books on plotting and loved them. I thought oooh this is perfect for me, just my kinda thing!
But whenever I start to think ahead with the plot of my story, I freeze. I stop writing. For months. Suddenly the thought of writing a whole novel is too overwhelming. If I can’t envisage the entire plot so what is the point in continuing I ask myself? It will not make sense, it will be too complicated, there will be too much to re-write. It would be easier just to start a whole new story.
No more. For 2025, I am just going to write consistently and not worry as much. As the saying goes you can’t edit a blank page.
What’s the worst that can happen? I have to spend longer editing the draft? Hardly a reason not to JUST WRITE.
I am going to be looking into how I can remove the obstacles/blocks/excuses that keep getting in my way of writing consistently, coming up in future posts.
Do you have blocks that are stopping you? Let me know!
Emma x
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