{"id":532,"date":"2011-05-20T14:13:58","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T18:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transfer.writingcommons.org\/2011\/05\/20\/balance-believing-with-doubting\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T13:21:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:21:31","slug":"balance-believing-with-doubting","status":"publish","type":"section","link":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/mindset\/self-regulation\/balance-believing-with-doubting\/","title":{"rendered":"Balance Believing with Doubting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do<\/p>John Wooden, Inspirational Speaker<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n

Just about everyone has moments of despair and doubt about their writing. After countless hours and the feeling that your work has been futile, that you have not clearly expressed an important concept or relationship, you may feel the urge to give up, to abandon the project.<\/p>\n

But you can’t give up. To be a successful writer (or really, to be a successful person) you need to emphasize believing. Especially in the beginning of a writing project, you need to set aside doubt, self-criticism, and despair. You need to emphasize the positive. After all, down the line, when your work is graded or critiqued by readers, you’ll have plenty of time for self-criticism and doubt.<\/p>\n

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