Say what?
Alternative title:
Writing without
Fear
There’s a lot of
fear in the air for those who blog, vlog, post, text, email, or write in any
way that is considered “published.”
Fear that our
words would be flagged as not woke
(a.k.a PC) enough.
Fear that years
from now our texts will be quoted when we apply for a job.
Fear that if we
write about people from our lives, (IRL=in real life) they will be hurt.
Fear that if we
write about fictional characters, someone in real life would think it’s them.
Fear that later we’ll
cringe at the quality of our old writing.
The common thread
is FEAR. 😨
What to do?
My personal resolution
is to write anyway, and tip my virtual hat to the fears. Yup, I know you’re
there, but I’m doing it anyway, so there.
My greatest fear is
that I won’t have anything worth saying. So as long as I think I do, I’m glad
of that.
I don’t think
there’s such a thing as living without fear. Fearlessness is the appearance
some convey to others. I bet that inside, the fearless are quaking and then do
it anyway.
