The Writer's Tale by Russell T. Davies & Benjamin Cook

Also, please see the following quote I discovered in Russell T. Davies book, The Writer's Tale, on Page 42 of the paperback edition:
"That's the thing about writing. It's all doubt. Doubts about plot, story, character, etc, let in every other doubt, the real doubts, about yourself, your very self."
I could not identify with this more than I do right now. Sitting down and trying to push through National Novel Writing Month but running into the walls of my own self doubt.  I get caught up in whether or not this is a good story, are the characters interesting, can I possibly do this at all.  I think I've even resigned myself, more than once, to the idea that maybe I am not a writer at all.  Of course, it is this self doubt that is keeping me from continuing.  In this part of Davies' book, he is talking about embracing everything in order to write.  How the mundane things about his day to day existence make their way into his writing.  That there is this soup of creativity in his head with ingredients from science fiction as well as reminders to call mom on her birthday.    It's your life experiences that make you who you are and help to make your characters richer and more believable.

What I am liking most about this part of the book is that we see the sheer panic he's feeling as he approaches his deadlines.  It's nice to know that famous writers go through the same highs and lows that the yet unpublished wannabes authors experience in the same process.  It definitely gives one the feeling that anyone with a desire to sit down and create could do what Davies' is doing.  It's just sticking with it and pushing through those self doubts.  Feeling one's fears and doing it anway.