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Tom Evans 7th April 2010 author's block, Blocks, fear, writer's block, Writing

4 things that stop you writing: #4 The Fear of Success

Tom Evans is the author of Blocks: The Enlightened Way to Clear Writer’s Blocks. Follow him on Twitter at @thebookwright. #4: The Fear

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Tom Evans 17th March 2010 fear, Short Story, Six Sentences, writer's block, Writing

4 things that stop you writing: #1 The Fear of Ridicule

The fear of ridicule is really common. The best way to avoid being ridiculed for your writing is not to write anything at all. Our unconscious minds protect us from harm by inventing loads of ways for us to avoid being ridiculed. The simple way around this is to start writing and ‘publishing’ small bits of work and discovering that you don’t get shot down in flames.