: Re: Re-reading and making changes to current work that makes everything worse? I constantly re-read my work before writing again. It helps me get in the proper mind set. But my biggest problem is

The core issue may not be the compulsive rewriting, but the difficulty of getting back into the story. Try deliberately stopping in the middle of a sentence, or at least, in the middle of a scene. When you come back, you might find this makes it easier for you to jump back into the creative mood you had before.

You might also try writing more frequently, for shorter periods of time, if that is feasible. If you write a paragraph or two at a time, several times a day, you might be able to stay in the work better than if you write in longer, less frequent chunks.

Finally, "one weird trick" that I recently learned that has made a huge personal difference, is learning that your inner writer and editor are awake at different times of day. If you write at the time of day you like the LEAST (mornings for night owls, evenings for early birds), your inner editor goes to sleep, leaving your inner writer free to write without interferemce.

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