Authworria

/Awth-worr-ea/

 

 Authorworria  (n.) – The growing anxiety while completing a story before its fast-approaching deadline.

 

Example Sentence(s)

My client now wants me to finish ghostwriting his book by Friday. His changing the deadline like this is giving me some serious authworria.

 

Etymology & Word Origins

Authworria is derived from author and worry.  The suffix -ia represents “relating to.”

 

Reason(s) to Use This Word

It describes a very specific feeling that writers often have.