Posts Tagged "Rebecca Dimyan"

ABC’s of Writing: F is for Fear

Posted by editors on Mar 7, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Fear: The chill crawling up your skin. The gnawing sensation overtaking your gut. The hesitation to write what may not be received by others the way you imagine in your mind. The paralysis that prevents you from sending your work out, to your peers, to your idols, to the countless literary magazines. Fear is an emotion as common as ambition, desire, and frustration. It plagues not only the neophyte writers who are just beginning their literary journeys, but it seizes the seasoned writers just as frequently, just as fiercely. Whether it manifests itself in the form of self-doubt or inaction, fear is something all writers struggle with. Write when it scares you. When you...