The Perfectionist Writer

        Are you a perfectionist writer?  Are you wondering who a perfectionist writer is? The perfectionist writer is someone who will always be writing something but will never share it with anyone. (Okay, maybe a few friends and family members), but generally no one else.  They always talk about publishing their work but never get around to doing it for one reason or another.

     I have to admit that I used to be one of those people.  Yes, from a very early age I wrote stories and continued to write them as I got older, but never published anything.  I think the only one who ever read my stories was my desk drawer. lol  And, I admitted in a previous blog article that one of the stories I wrote took me 30 years to publish. "The Book That Took Me 30 Years to Complete and Publish".  Of course, in the beginning, when I first started writing, self-publishing wasn't as easy as it is today.  Don't get me wrong, I know if you are a writer who has not published anything as of yet, it will probably be because you aren't sure how to go about doing this.  I was faced with the same dilemma at one time, and I had to learn a lot.  Believe it or not, you are not alone.

     I also know that another reason most perfectionist writers haven't published anything is that it is scary out here in the publishing world.  This is one of those jobs where you will constantly be judged the moment you publish your story by the readers who pick up your book.

     Here is a video that talks about how every writer starts at zero:

     
     Here is another video talking about how we procrastinate in our life and how we don't get where we really want to be because of this:

     The one thing I have learned since I first self-published is that once I did it, the next book was easier to get published, and so forth and so on.  It's like everything in life, once you do it, the next time is always easier.  Will you be scared the first time you self-publish....Yes, I was.  I remember that day so well.  I was excited, and yet, I was scared.  I'm not sure why, other than because it was the first time I had self-published.

     Do I worry about everything that has to do with my books today?  Let's just say I'm not as obsessed with my stories as I used to be.  I try to put forth the best I can with my books, but I don't pick apart everything the way I used to.  If you are a perfectionist writer constantly picking apart your book, I'm here to tell you that you might not ever get published.  Stop worrying about what everyone might think, and start wondering if you just might be sitting on the next best seller.

     Lastly, self-publishing I'm sorry to say is not an easy journey, but for me, it has been quite rewarding.  Yes, I haven't found my readers yet, but I continue to write and publish because I have no doubt in my mind that my readers are somewhere out there, and that I just have to stay the course.

     In my next blog entry, I'm going to talk about the mistakes of a newbie book writer.

     So stay tuned.