On Writing

What is Next?

David Gane

May 8, 2008

What’s holding you back?

Things are moving forward, faster than you expected. Do you think something is missing? Something doesn’t feel quite right? You delay. You make excuses.

You’re done. Time to move on. No need to float on it too long. Get it up, moving, breathing, walking on it’s own. If it falls, pick it up. If it fails, move on to the next.

I’ve heard there is a fear of success. Of possibility. Of failure. There is a risk of self required to put it out on the line. Failure equals hurt but success equals expansion. A realization of the possibility.

Don’t wait around. Push through, as hard as you can.

Good luck in what lays ahead.

Ripples in the pond

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Mistakes happen

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Pebbles

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My first posts

I first started posting on Tumblr in May 2007. I shared family stuff and links until I eventually started writing about writing. Usually, it was about trying to convince people to write. A lot of it is uncomfortable to read now—a little too cocky and unsympathetic to people'

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Ripples in the pond

Mistakes happen

Pebbles

My first posts