Don't Let Perfectionism Strangle Your Muse

I've written several posts about perfectionism on my blog lately, and have been getting so much feedback from writers struggling with the issue, I thought they might be helpful to some of my fellow She Writes members.

Here's a quote from today's post: "An editor once told me my submission to his literary journal was the silliest story he’d ever read. Ouch! My own Inner Perfectionist couldn’t have dismissed my efforts with more derision. But I didn’t let his comments stop me. Okay, I may have cried a little. Or cursed the editor for his abysmal judgment. It’s possible I stuck a few pins into my literary journal editor-shaped voodoo doll..."

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