Yeah, all that you mentioned in the first post is normal. Right now I'm having some trouble actually continuing a certain scene in my book. Usually after I watch a good movie it comes into play easily and I tried writing after that last night and it didn't really help because it was past 2 in the morning so I was too sleepy to do anything. If it wasn't that late then for damn sure I would've written at least 2 pages.

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You could always do what I do: Write until you don't want to write anymore, and then stop, and never share what you've written with anybody. You'll never get published that way, but I never understood peoples' obsession with publishing. Writing for its own sake is rewarding.
That just sounds straight up foolish to me. How can one improve without being aware of their flaws? i know you can catch some stuff on your own, but there will always be someone who'll see something that you don't. I also highly disagree with righting on its own sake is rewarding. Why waste all that time frustrating yourself when you're just going to keep it to yourself? I could've just kept the whole thing in my head without all the frustration.

One thing I do know is that once you get the book done everything else will be easier. All you have to do is edit. Correcting grammar and spelling errors is boring, but picking up on any plot holes, bad/weird sounding dialogue is the fun part.