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1. I like your choice of picture for this post. 🙂 Thanks for the link!

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   1. I have so many images in my library I can usually find one for just about any post.

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2. Thanks for the share Audrey…Had my proverbial 10 cents worth

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3. Thanks why I paint!🤣😉🎨

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   1. Okay, but do painters have something like writer’s block? Do you ever have to force yourself to keep working on a project? I know you sometimes set works aside or repurpose them, but do you ever experience a reluctance to paint at all?

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      1. Well, I can say from my experience, that at least in oils and acrylics, if the painting is still wet, you can just scrape it off and start again if you don’t like how it’s going. And if it’s dry, you just paint over it. I did that all the time. And, after drawing and painting all my life, I’ve gotten to the point where I had no ideas left to paint. I have to force myself to do my covers, and take as little time as possible doing it. I doubt the desire will ever return. I suspect that it will happen with my writing sooner or later as well.

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         1. I’m thinking of famous writers and composers–eventually slowed down and quit, if they didn’t happen to die young. So maybe we should appreciate our achievements and not beat ourselves up about the inevitable.

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            1. I’ve got plan C when it happens. Game design. I’m not much of a game player, but I like designing games. And it’s every bit a lucrative as self-publishing:)

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               1. And I’m guessing it’s not so energy-demanding as writing or painting–for you. I couldn’t design a game to save my life. I’ll keep writing for now.

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4. It’s not the writing that’s hard, just finding the story between the words and then translating that into comprehensible format … if that’s possible …

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   1. It’s the chasm between the concept and the story. A concept is a single flash in the brain. Turning it into a story — a string of words that unfolds that concept — that’s hard.

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5. Writing isn’t hard, it’s actually easy. It’s getting ourselves to the place where we can write that’s the really annoyingly hard bit. 🙂

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   1. Good point! I find once I’m in the chair, I can manage to write a few hundred words, and once I’ve done that, I’m off the hook for that day.

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6. Overthinking is one struggle 🙂

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   1. That is true, sadly.

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7. Great post, Audrey! And I couldn’t agree more. As a blogger and author of four published books, not only do we battle writer’s block, but we must edit constantly before we can polish our works. I think we do more editing than we do writing. And the editing is the hard part. Thank you for posting.

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   1. You’re welcome, Cherie. Yes, rewrites and editing can be tedious and time-consuming, but I find the first draft the most energy-demanding.

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      1. Amen on that. After the first draft, it’s usually smooth sailing from there. One motto I live by is that “The first draft of anything is always crap.” And I’m particular so I don’t dare publish until I know without a doubt that it’s readable. 🙂

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         1. I agree!

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