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Q&A How do I get rid of my excess ideas?

Let's come down to your real issue: You are deleting your novel starts without even getting close to the end. You want to get rid of other ideas. They threaten to replace other ideas. what's co...

posted 7y ago by John Smithers‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:11:17Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar John Smithers‭ · 2019-12-08T06:11:17Z (almost 5 years ago)
Let's come down to your real issue:

- You are _deleting_ your novel starts without even getting close to the end.
- You want to _get rid of_ other ideas.
- They _threaten_ to replace other ideas.

what's comment is coming closest to your problem. It's called _fear_.

So everyone is feeling some level of fear when doing something worthwhile. That's totally normal. But from what you have described I have the feeling that your angst is blocking you on a level where you should seek professional help.

An abundance of ideas is normal and to embrace, not something to fight. Organizing them (as others suggested) helps normally, but not if you have the urge to kill the ideas.

There are more ideas than you are able to write books. You have to pick one and go with it. And if this is so hard, that you have to eliminate your previous work, go find some professional help. Admitting that you have a problem is the very first step. Now make the second.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-03-04T22:34:02Z (over 7 years ago)
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