Anonymous
10/28/2025, 11:38:01 PM
No.24837059
>>24835665
I’m finishing up my first novel. I’m at about 105k words and have a couple chapters left. I don’t know how to explain it, but there’s a kind of malaise I’m dealing with. The creative part is over, and now I’m just engineering all the plot threads together to close it out and land with a sufficient emotional beat. But there’s a sense of imposter syndrome and anxiety about completing it.
Spending the last year writing and rewriting each chapter, feeling isolated, feeling exposed and inadequate, has been torture. Writing a book, like really trying to make something great, is incredibly difficult. I understand why so few people do it, and why even published books don’t always feel satisfying. Writing a book is hard.
I’m finishing up my first novel. I’m at about 105k words and have a couple chapters left. I don’t know how to explain it, but there’s a kind of malaise I’m dealing with. The creative part is over, and now I’m just engineering all the plot threads together to close it out and land with a sufficient emotional beat. But there’s a sense of imposter syndrome and anxiety about completing it.
Spending the last year writing and rewriting each chapter, feeling isolated, feeling exposed and inadequate, has been torture. Writing a book, like really trying to make something great, is incredibly difficult. I understand why so few people do it, and why even published books don’t always feel satisfying. Writing a book is hard.