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When perfectionism stops you from finishing your first draft

I have been working on this novel for four years and I keep rewriting the first chapter instead of moving forward because I am convinced it has to be perfect before I can continue.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The pursuit of perfection becomes a sophisticated form of creative paralysis that prevents completion.

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