Fearless Writing

Fearless WritingIf you love to write and have a story you want to tell, the only thing that can stand between you and the success you're seeking isn't craft, or a good agent, or enough Facebook friends and Twitter followers, but fear. Fear that you aren't good enough, or fear the market is too crowded, or fear no one wants to hear from you. Fortunately, you can't write and be afraid simultaneously. The question is whether you will write fearlessly on purpose. In this

If you love to write and have a story you want to tell, the only thing that can stand between you and the success you're seeking isn't craft, or a good agent, or enough Facebook friends and Twitter followers, but fear. Fear that you aren't good enough, or fear the market is too crowded, or fear no one wants to hear from you.

Fortunately, you can't write and be afraid simultaneously. The question is whether you will write fearlessly on purpose. In this tutorial, William Kenower looks at several techniques you can you use to keep yourself in the creative flow and out of the trouble and misery fear always causes.

William Kenower is the author of Fearless Writing: How to Create Boldly and Write With Confidence, and Write Within Yourself: An Author's Companion, the Editor-in-Chief of Author magazine, and a sought-after speaker and teacher. In addition to his books he's been published in The New York Times and Edible Seattle, and has been a featured blogger for the Huffington Post. To learn more about William, go to williamkenower.com.