Buckle up, writers!
Because this week I want us to take a deep dive into the murky waters of fear.
As writers we're offered dozens of wonderful fear options from which to choose. Fear of success; fear of failure. Fear of being read by nobody; fear of being read by everybody.
Fear of the one constant in a writer's life: Rejection! By agents, by publishers. By readers, by critics. By ourselves.
The fear of having nothing to say; the fear of not being able to successfully communicate the things we do have to say.
The fear that we'll never be able to start a book; the fear that we'll never be able to finish a book.
"I have too much life experience and not enough writing education!"; "I have too much writing education and not enough life experience!"
The fear of developing that weird nub on our middle finger.
As a writer, what are your biggest fears? Where do they come from; how do they manifest; how do you combat them?
Do you hide from them, or do you face them? Can fear be used as fuel?
Do you have a fear of commenting online? If so, you can reply to this message to tell me in private about your fears.
