Comments on: Negative Self Talk for Writers: Overgeneralizing

By: John Hewitt

John Hewitt — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:24:08 +0000

@ Littlie

Thank you. I am doing this as much for me as for everyone else. I need to remind myself from time to time.

By: Lillie Ammann

Lillie Ammann — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:43:41 +0000

John,
This is a great series. So many of us writers experience these reactions.

By: John Hewitt

John Hewitt — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:38:13 +0000

@ MB,
I’m glad I could help. Effort is definitely one of the things we beat ourselves up over.

@ WD

That sounds great, just don’t tell MY wife about it.

@ Tony

Just try to avoid feeding into the same problem and You’ll be ok.

By: Tony Vanman

Tony Vanman — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:41:04 +0000

This whole series of posts has been excellent.
I’ve recently had dealings with a consultant who was prone to making sweeping generalisations that appeared to be reinforcing his own prejudices. Most of these appeared to be based upon heresay and rumour as opposed to hard fact. His ‘negative self talk’ appears to have been related to everyone else – but not himself.

By: Writer Dad

Writer Dad — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:35:33 +0000

I used to do this all the time. Now, my wife doesn't let me. She repeats my words back to me so I can hear how ridiculous they sound. Writer Dads last blog post..A New Renaissance

By: Malta blogger

Malta blogger — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:43:11 +0000

I often find myself thinking that I never do any work, it’s not true I realized just last week. It’s always like this for me in the summer, work is slower but that doesn’t mean I never do anything. Nice post thanks

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