read a book so good last week i haven't been able to write since

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finished it sunday night n closed it, sat on the couch staring at the ceiling for like twenty minutes. went to bed n woke up monday and opened my draft and every sentence i wrote felt like garbage compared to the book i'd just put down, Ik comparison k!lls the joy or whatever

it's been a week, i've barely written. i keep going back to the doc and going, what's the point. she already wrote it better than i ever could. why am i even doing this.

logically i know this passes. logically i know reading good books is how you get better and the comparison spiral is part of being a writer. but logic doesn't really help in the moment. what would help is other writers around me right now, going "yeah, that book wrecked me too, here's what helped."

is there a discord or community where you can just bring this in and people get it? because i'm doing my own pep talk in my head and it's not working

Posted Jun 11, 2026, 10:41 PM UTC

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