- The MidLifeBloggers Writers Workshop Returns
- MidLifeBloggers Writers Workshop Update
- MidLifeBloggers Writers Workshop Update: Thinking About Process
The questionnaire I’m writing for the Writers Workshop participants is starting to have a life of its own. Perhaps I’m overdoing it. Or perhaps not.
What I’m going through in creating it is a mini lesson of its own on my process and how I sometimes stand smack in my own way. The urge for writing the
- best
- zappiest
- most inclusive
- information generating
survey is a daunting task. What is the ‘best’ such survey anyway? Should I be researching this? Getting expert opinion? Earning another degree in something like psych statistics? And ‘zappiest’–wtf does that mean? Is it even a word?
Here’s what I think I’m doing: I’m fomenting angst in order
- to ensure I work as hard as I possibly can so that I can say I’ve done the best job with this that I’m capable of,
or
- to make myself crazy with the unconscious object of giving me a reason to excuse a lackluster end product
I’m not sure which is true[er], but the fact that #2 even occurred to me gives me pause.
Failure is such an ugly state of being, so isn’t it common sense to try to avoid it? And doesn’t it seem reasonable that a good way to avoid failure is to avoid really trying to succeed?
Sound familiar to anyone? How do you handle it? I’ll tell you some of my tricks and tips when the MidLifeBloggers Writers Workshop starts in the Fall.
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