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Too much pressure?

So normally I use my blog only for my books but this does have to do with writing so it should be okay. 

There is this huge opportunity which would literally be a dream come true for me going on right now. It's a chance to co-write a book with one of my favorite authors. She's holding a contest and all you have to do is submit the first 5,000 words of the novella to her. She'll pick based off those. When I first heard about it I had such a great idea or so I thought. I started it and everything seemed fine but now I just sit and stare at the screen. 

My writer's block for the novella contest got me to thinking that maybe we just put too much pressure on ourselves. Maybe, we try too hard sometimes. I've been so determined to write the most amazing 5,000 words that I've literally locked my brain up. 

I got to thinking about how much pressure is too much? I mean it makes perfect sense to want to try your best and if you give something your 100% then you did try your best, so if your best isn't enough then so be it. Trying to reach perfection is unrealistic but I constantly find myself trying to reach a level of perfection, especially in my writing. Everyone's advice has been to take a step back from it and focus on something else. Taking today and not worrying about it has actually made me see just how much pressure I was putting on myself to make this the best story ever. Of course I want to win this opportunity but all I can do is give it my best and hope that it's enough.

So my advice to everyone now is to try and not put so much pressure on yourself. Just know that if you give it your best then that's all you can do. Being happy and satisfied with that alone. Don't try to push yourself to an unrealistic expectation or perfection. 

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