How To Overcome Your Writing Fear

Tell your head that you are writing for yourself, let it be crappy, lousy and mousy.

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You tell me the name of a writer who says “I’m perfect in writing”? You can be perfect in sentence structure, grammar and other aspects of the writing. But you can’t tell that whatever you write readers are going to like it. You are not a chef perhaps.

Writing needs passion. Making a correct sentence is not a big deal. Touching the hearts of others with your words is the art of writing, it matters. Read Rumi.

You can’t become a swimmer after watching a Youtube video. ( Today I have stolen this perfect sentence from LinkedIn) However, you need to jump into the water make mistakes, drink some water and practice. One day you will swim.

The same applies to a writer, he has to blow the balloon off for fear of writing. But he has to have a good ink pen with the flow. When you start writing just vomit on the paper, I’m vomiting now. Keep writing without any second thoughts.

I’m a playwright, I write drama, do you know Shakespeare is a playwright first then a poet who is known for his sonnets? I also write poetry of different genres. Here I’m eager to tell you to be a half-boiled writer and write some ridiculous stuff. After writing your piece then throw…