Do you ever read books that are truly amazing and then reflect on your own work and decide your writing sucks lemons? How about the times when writing Every. Single. Word. is like pulling teeth without medication and then, after all that agony and labor, they sound stilted and fake?
Or you get everything organized and know everthing about your characters and exactly how things should work in the story ... and IT WON'T .
I've been reading some stories lately that make me feel like I should just hang up my keyboard -- they're that well written. Some days that feeling just drives me harder, makes me work to improve, throws down the gauntlet and issues me a challenge I can't refuse to take.
Lately, it's been more on the discouraging side. The Eyeore on my shoulder telling me everything I do is awful and I should just give up.
What do you do when you get discouraged? Do you have certain pick-me-ups that help you get back on track?
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