phase 3: self doubt

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I know, I know. I was disappointed in the first phase but self doubt crept in now. I thought that I should have tried harder, may be posted more on social media. I should have edited my books properly, should have given my characters the depth they needed. I even saw a post on wattys that cemented my believe.

Exhibit c

My self confidence was all time low when I decided to scroll through the winners again

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My self confidence was all time low when I decided to scroll through the winners again. I was about to delete all my works when I saw "The heartless heartbreaker" in the winners. I don't know if you are familiar with the book but it needs major editing and reworking. Atleast it did when I read it. Imagine my surprise when it won.

It further cemented my belief that only books with most amount of views and votes won. Getting views and votes is hard for someone like me. English is not my first language so most of my friends and family are not interested in my works. It gets on my nerves that I can't promote my book on social media. Looks like others can and have an unfair advantage over me.

I wanted to delete all my works and stop writing. But I moved on to phase 4

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