Sally Prag
1 min readJan 12, 2022

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Of course, the irony is that this is a brilliantly written piece.

I think the self doubt is normal. My writing process has become better and better over the 4 months that I have been writing every day. Now I sit down when I have a story in my head and just write. 40 minutes later I have 1,000 words down. And then I leave it.

I have also learned to write in shorter sentences, but don't beat yourself up over the length, because it was just something that happened over time.

I wrote a piece last month and then decided it was rubbish and didn't publish. Too long, too dull, that kind of thing. One day, when I didn't have something to hand to publish, I decided it was the best and easiest of my drafts to just hit publish on, and it is currently my most popular story, and has been for the last 2+ weeks... So, lesson learned - our self-judgement is not what others see.

Final thoughts? Listen to Voltaire 😘😘

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Sally Prag
Sally Prag

Written by Sally Prag

I write creative nonfiction essays and poetry. Rethinking life through my words. Sometimes too seriously, sometimes not seriously enough.

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