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Writing Anxiety? How to Face Your Fear and WRITE

April 22, 2018 by Kathy Steffen Leave a Comment

I have been ruminating lately about fear—how it has helped by keeping me sharp and motivated, but also how it manifests as writing anxiety and blocks me. ~~~ “I made a decision a long time ago that if I want creativity in my life – and I do – then I will have to make … [Read more…]

Nothing’s Set In Stone: Getting Past Writer’s Anxiety

July 3, 2013 by Amy Knupp 3 Comments

Writing is hard. Coming up with a new story idea is exciting, and playing god to your story world can be wicked fun, but almost everything else between the light-bulb moment and typing “The End” is different degrees of torment for me and, I’m sure, scores of others. I don’t know who said it first, … [Read more…]