Occasionally I have thought that freeing oneself of needing either approval or permission to be our true selves is the very definition of being grown up. But so many people, myself included, continue on feeling those things are secretly necessary that that cannot be right. It would be good to be fearless. Let us keep trying.
No one else writes like you. No one else can write like you. Yes, you are something special, and acknowledging that may be as hard as giving yourself permission.
And also, if you give yourself permission to write, it makes me happy because I like your books. That makes it a Very Good Thing.
And if you can look at it that way, then you can also look at it that way for all your readers, which makes it cumulative - so it all adds up to being a Very Large Very Good Thing.
In other words, every time you give yourself permission to write you are doing something nice for a whole bunch of other people.
If you need someone to say "yes, do this," I volunteer. But you have to say it back to me. Because I grok this on a visceral level, and I think it's partly why I'm having trouble settling down to edit book 3. *sigh* *lean*
There are lots of negative things about the internet, but one of its greatest positives is that it lets us find and support each other. I have your back, always.
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Give yourself all the permission you need because a) you deserve it and b) you are a fine writer and your readers need you.
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And if you can look at it that way, then you can also look at it that way for all your readers, which makes it cumulative - so it all adds up to being a Very Large Very Good Thing.
In other words, every time you give yourself permission to write you are doing something nice for a whole bunch of other people.
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