What’s up fellow /lit/iots.

I’ve been working on a book. I’ve written professionally for years, gotten published in small press things, and I’m trying to get this stupid thing done.

I don’t know how to describe it, but I keep spiraling between overconfidence and extreme imposter syndrome. This leads me to writing nothing for weeks, then getting multiple chapters done in a hyper-focused flurry.

I also think I’m right on both counts. I have bouts of brilliance, where the writing is really good, but also character, pacing, and plotting issues that show I’m just way out of my depth with.

The biggest lesson I’ve taken from this is that the only way to learn how to write a novel is to do it. And because I haven’t completed it yet—I don’t know how to do it.

It’s easy to tear something apart. It’s really hard to put it together in the first place.

Anyway, thanks for reading.