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How Do You See Your Writing Self?

by Anne Wayman on September 4th, 2007

Angela Booth has started a series on time management for writers. Her first entry was unexpected. It is: See yourself as a competent writer. She briefly describes a way to stop the negative self-talk and to begin to change your view of yourself.

She’s absolutely right. I remember clearly how I began to call myself a writer even before I’d been published. I even opened a checking account for my then non-existing writing business. I think I even got business cards printed stating I was a writer. And it worked.

It seems mysterious and I don’t pretend to understand it, but how I view myself is incredibly important to my success.

Recently I’ve been working to see myself as truly part of the Whole. While the connection to my writing business isn’t obvious on the surface, I know the more I really believe myself to be part of the Universe, the better my life works, even my writing life.

I choose to see this as a Spiritual practice, although you don’t have to have a spiritual belief system to make changing your view of yourself work.

Take a few moments and explore how you see yourself in terms of your writing business. Does that view support you? If it does, great, but if your self perception needs some adjustment, use Angela’s method for a week or so and see what happens.

Write well and often,

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