
Every Monday I tackle one fear that's stopping writers from writing. Fear must lose. Words must win.
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What if the best idea you're ever going to have has already happened, hmm?
Maybe this idea became the thing you're proudest of - and wonder if you can ever beat.
Perhaps you're still writing this idea into a thing.
You might also have ab...
At what point did you start calling yourself a writer?
Was it after your first finished draft?
Your first publication?
Your first advance cheque?
Your first fan email?
Or... have you still not quite given yourself permission?
Imposter...
You'd think finishing the first draft would be the hard part.
Sometimes it is.
But for a lot of writers, the real fear begins when they open the document again.
That's when the doubts start.
"This isn't as good as I remembered."
"How d...
Last year, after cancer treatment, I became much more aware of the finite nature of existence.
Which made one old writing fear much louder.
What if I’m wasting my time?
Every new project seems to ask the same uncomfortable question.
Is...
I haven’t posted here since late 2023, which is long enough for several geological eras to pass and for at least one of my sons to ask, “Daddy, what’s a Substack?”
A lot has happened since then, most of it unexpected, some of it difficult,...
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Author of The Last Days Of Jack Sparks. Doctor Who writer. Every Monday in Scary Truths Of Writing, I post one fear that keeps writers from writing. Fear must lose. Words must win. \ud83d\udc47 Continue the conversation in my Writers Vs Fear community \ud83d\udc47
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