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By way of Elizabeth Bear who links to Will Shetterly, who interviews Stephen K Brust who said: Figure out what lies you need to tell yourself in order to produce your best work, then put lots of effort into believing them.
That's a problem, isn't it. Because belief is not my forte. I'm going to bed now, I'll think about it in the morning.
That's a problem, isn't it. Because belief is not my forte. I'm going to bed now, I'll think about it in the morning.
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But yeah.
OTOH, if the belief thing is really a problem, maybe there's ways to work around it. And/or maybe you don't need lies to produce your best work; there's nothing to say everyone does. I bet some people need to work out what truths they need to tell themselves; and I bet other people need to simply sit down and write and not worry about what they do or don't believe, true or otherwise.
And I feel rather certain Brust put in piece-of-advice #17 for a reason.