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When negative reviews paralyze your next book

I got a harsh review of my first novel and now I cannot write the second one without hearing that critic in my head

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A single voice of judgment can colonize the creative mind and transform the private act of writing into a public performance of defense.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The novel — form and possibility?”

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