Writing post of the day: "When the scissors glide"

I'm currently at the point in the writing process (screenplay) where I feel like it's too hard, I'll never have another good idea and what I've done already is terrible. I am excoriating myself, saying, "You're not a writer."

Don't worry. If you're a writer—or anyone trying to achieve anything—this stage is perfectly normal. It's not a good one, though. 

So what do I need to do now? Just build the story. Time to be a stone mason, not a sculptor. It doesn't have to be genius, it just has to be complete and make sense.

And as I move from self-loathing to pragmatism, I look forward to the next phase where I move from pragmatism to optimism.

More than anything, I look forward to those times when I feel, for a moment, that I'm a genius and my story is great and I'm at the finish line. It's like that glorious moment when you're cutting paper and the scissors begin to glide.

(Sorry about the wrong word usage on the meme, your for your. You see, writers do that too. Copyedit memes and internet posts. Every time.)


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