One thing that prevents many people from writing is the fear of failing. "What if my novel sucks?" they wonder, and then to prevent that terrible outcome, they won't bother to write it at all. That way their story idea will always remain shiny and perfect in their mind. But it's going to be amazing(!) when they get around to writing it, one day. Just you wait.
On Writing and Failure
On Writing and Failure
On Writing and Failure
One thing that prevents many people from writing is the fear of failing. "What if my novel sucks?" they wonder, and then to prevent that terrible outcome, they won't bother to write it at all. That way their story idea will always remain shiny and perfect in their mind. But it's going to be amazing(!) when they get around to writing it, one day. Just you wait.