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So I have a question:
Have any other anons ever felt pure anxiety before beginning a literary project?
I've written short stories, poems, one-act plays, even a memoir and never felt a single tinge of anxiousness before writing them.
I currently have an idea for a novel, which conveniently enough I get to execute for a college course, and for some reason whenever I think about it, I experience a sharp, piercing sense of anxiety in my gut. And it isn't because I'm afraid that it might not be good enough, or people might judge it too critically. I don't exactly know why it is. I do know that my conception of the story, structure, style, etc. is clearer than it ever has been. I feel like I'm onto something sincerely good.
So again I ask: has any other anon had this feeling? Of near-panic at the thought of writing—of midwifing a piece of fiction from mind to paper?
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And if so, what might it mean?
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I think it's excitement.
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Yeah, I often feel anxious before starting drawing, when looking at the blank paper.
David Bayles; Ted Orland - Art & fear observations on the perils and rewards of artmaking
may interest you, though I haven't read it.
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My anxiety manifests itself in other ways, but it's not uncommon. Just write.
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