By guest blogger Ja’Nese Dixon
“What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.” I think I live by this Tim Ferriss quote. It has become somewhat of a mantra when I’m fighting the urge to talk myself out of doing something for no other reason than being a scaredy-cat. No offense [...]
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Category Archives: fear of writing
Fear: The Dream Stealer
The Big Secret About Fear
THE BIG SECRET about fear that gets under-used is that we writers have the perfect opportunity to use fear to our advantage.
Our fear helps us recognize and describe complexities where others would never even look. Combine this with a writer’s natural powers of expression and you have a huge, untapped source of energy for [...]
Survey: What is the nature of your fear of writing beast?
From our survey choices below, please copy and paste one (or several, if applicable) into the Comments section of this post. Feel free to elaborate on your choice(s) if you feel moved to.
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strong>What is the biggest factor in your fear of writing?
– The savage and critical voice in my head
– A [...]
Guest Bloggers: An Invitation
AT FEAR OF WRITING, guest bloggers come in all shapes and sizes. Some may be very experienced and some may not.
If you don’t have a book or blog of your own, please don’t assume you’re not qualified to write for this blog.
Even someone with severe writer’s block who hasn’t done much writing yet is [...]
Mindy Speaks Her Fear About the 10K Day
MINDY LAWRENCE of MPL Creative has kindly allowed me to reprint some remarks she had shared by email.
This might be helpful to others, so I admire her courage in allowing me to include her name on this post.
Also, I know a technique that Mindy—or anyone experiencing fear or writer’s block—can use to encourage a [...]
Zodiac Writing Prompts
COLLABORATING WITH a writing friend can be a blast.
I recently embarked on a fun 12-month project with my friend, Bev Walton-Porter, author of Sun Signs for Writers. The challenge is for me to come up with a writing prompt for each sign of the zodiac.
To find my inspiration, I first study the relevant [...]
10 Tips for Using the Fertile Material Writing Prompts
HAVE YOU EVER stared at a writing prompt—or a story idea you’ve jotted in a notebook—desperately wondering how to cure your Blank Mind Syndrome and actually write something?
Solution: As long as you actually make use of them, the ten tips below are guaranteed to spark you into writing mode.
You don’t have to use all [...]
Write There (Part II): Changing Gears as a Writer
WHEN YOU’RE CHANGING as a writer, you might change in big, BIG ways—but certain things about your personal style might need to stay the same.
Currently, I’m in the second category mentioned in Write There (Part I): that of changing both genres and platforms.
For the past nine years, I’ve developed and expressed my style [...]
As Bloggers Go, I’m Loser Material
According to the Blogger.com Help article, Promoting Your Blog, I’m a bit of a lost cause when it comes to blogging.
As of this writing, my blog does not send pings or have a site feed. I’m not sure whether my Navbar is activated and the word “blogroll” means nothing to me (I visualize either [...]
Your Screenplay Sucks!
This post has been moved to my new blog, Screenwriting in the Boonies
Milli Thornton is the author of Fear of Writing: for writers & closet writers. Find out more about the book at http://fearofwriting.com. Visit her blog at: http://millithornton.blogspot.com.
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