Will the power of positive affirmations work on a writer?

Let me start first.

Here are my positive affirmations:

I can write

I will write

All that I write will be perfect

My words shall help people

People will love my work.

I am brilliant and I can do all that I set out to do.

Whew...I did it.

Nice positive beliefs, right?

Should you work towards it or it could divinely be it if you JUST BELIEVE?

In my current dealing with the psyche of the writer, I'll go with Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.

Let's see what Google says it means and I'll also define my interpretation of this prophecy.

Very well mind: A self-fulfilling prophecy is an expectation or belief that can influence your behaviors, thus causing the belief to come true.

Britannica: Self-fulfilling prophecy, a process through which an originally false expectation leads to its confirmation. In a self-fulfilling prophecy, an individual’s expectations about another person or entity eventually result in the other person or entity acting in ways that confirm the expectations.?

In my understanding…

Self Fulfilling Prophecy is when something you believe to be true COMES TO PASS.

HOW?

It's a whole sequence.

Let me break it down for you.

Scenario One

Belief: You believe you can write a whole novel.

Action: The belief is so strong you unconsciously start acting towards it. (This is unconscious but the belief propels it)

Result: One day, it happens! You wrote the poem, book, or whatever it is you wrote.

Scenario Two

Belief - You've tried so hard but you keep staring at a blank page.

You keep repeating, I'm not a writer. What can I even tell people? They don't like it. I will probably write trash again.

Action: you're down because you believe you can't do it. This leads to you unconsciously doing things that make you unable to write. You don't read, your curiosity level is low because you believe there's no need. So there you are lounging around in misery and sadness and of course, you can't write.

Result: Days pass by and you cannot make up a single article because you can't write.

I hope you get the point. ??

Well... at this point, I'm sure you understand that you will be needing some affirmations.

And no, you just have to start chanting like some crazy positivity fan.

Because it's not just about the affirmations. It's about you believing what you are affirming.

Believe:

I CAN WRITE.

A NOVEL IS NOTHING FOR ME.

This will lead to: I could take a class on Novel Writing to learn it. I just have to take everything seriously.

Everything strange can be worked on.

Your positivity influences the depth and success of your work.

Takeaway: It's a tough life but success stems from taking the risk to believe your abilities could have a result attached to them.

Will this be useful for you or do you think I should have added something? Let me know.

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