Ep 12: PLAY + imposter syndrome
After a year stuck on pause, we discuss our first theme of 2021, PLAY, and talk about experiencing imposter syndrome as a writer.
This episode, we kick off with the words of Maggie O’Farrell:
“Always, at the end of every book, there are things you will be unsatisfied with, and still more things that later on you will realize were not right. But mistakes are part of what a book is. That itchy, dissatisfied feeling at the end of a novel is useful. It’s what keeps you writing and gets you writing the next one. It’s what keeps you learning.“
–Maggie O’Farrell
Listen to Maggie O’Farrell on the brilliant In Writing with Hattie Crisell podcast.
Extra reading:
Recently on DD – PLAY
laura may, charlotte rose by Charlotte Evans
The Promise of Empty Playgrounds by Kat Nugent
A Recipe For Starting Again by Nadia Henderson
Die Viri Fortes by Sarra Cullenos
Online/Offline
Damsels in Distress: Kerry Ryan on managing imposter syndrome
What You Need to Know
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