How to Banish Your Fear of Writing?

Many writers want to write but experience writers anxiety.  They fear being rejected and thought as failures.

How to Banish Your Fear of Writing?

There are many ways to banish your fear of writing. This blog shares the best tips and strategies to help you move past writer’s block and achieve your writing goals.

Know the root cause of your fear: When you know your weakness, then no one can use it against you. When you identify what you fear, then you are able to put in corrective measures. Many writers fear their work being rejected, but it is always okay to be rejected. They also fear to fail and want things to be perfect the first time, but writing is a process and being a good writer does not come overnight.

Practice writing all the time: Practice makes perfect, and consistency is the key. The first draft may not be good but the second and third will not be like the first one.  Create a writing schedule that you can stick to and make it a routine. By practicing, then your work will become perfect with time.

Take one step at a time: You cannot begin your writing career by writing a novel, you got to start small.  When you are starting to write, take on simple tasks and with time as you grow, then move to complex writing tasks. Start with paragraphs and small stories to help you build your confidence and hone your writing skills. Break the stories into smaller manageable tasks and with time you will have one big story to tell the world.

Invite criticism: When you write, let someone to go through your work and give recommendations. This way, you are able to learn firsthand the reception your work will get from audience out there.  Never look on the negative feedback as someone being bias to you but work on their suggestions and you will be sure to bring out something good.

Set achievable goals: When starting off as a writer, you got to be truthful to yourself. Set achievable and realistic goals to motivate and keep you focused towards the main goal of being a good writer. Understand your strengths and weaknesses and be genuine with yourself. By having a clear plan in place, then you cannot sit down being unsure of what to do next.

Enjoy your writing practice: Many successful people in the world are those who have turned their passion into an investment, they earn well from it. To become a good writer, you have to enjoy your journey, so write for yourself first; do not mind about what others are thinking about you. Every idea you can think of, just put it down on paper and soon you will have a paper full of ideas. That will be your first draft.

Interact with other writers: No man is an island, and in a writing career you cannot grow alone. By creating a strong network of writers, you are sure to learn new techniques you can use and get positive feedback from other writers on your work. So do not fear to get into the writing community for therein lays your success.

Find inspiration, cultivate creativity: The best way to get inspired is to read the lives of successful writers and you will get to know that they didn’t start easy.  The fears and challenges they had to overcome will motivate you to continue writing. Also by reading good books will they help you to build your creativity and write uniquely to get on well with your audience.

Be a general writer:  Before finding your niche, it is good to experiment with different genre first and get to know what flows easily with you.  So start off as a general writer and with time get to know where your strength is.

Sometimes take a break:  When the going gets tough, then it is good to take a break and relax your mind. When writing, the mind consumes a lot of energy and this drains your body. Once in a while find something relaxing to do and come back refreshed and energized.

Do not procrastinate: Even when you fear to start writing, just do it anyway. When you put a task aside, you find that you will have more tasks to attend to tomorrow. If you want to write, then today is the day. Waiting to start writing tomorrow will make you lose interest because you will find other things to do tomorrow and put writing task aside.

Control your fears: When you get to understand your fears, then confront and control them before they control you. Do you fear what people will say?  Then write and see what people will say. Do you fear rejection? Then write, get rejected and see what will happen. In the end you will find that nothing really happens out there, it is all in your head. Do not give powers to the world to control you, but overcome your fears by chasing your dreams.

Understand why you started: Whenever you feel like giving up, go back to the drawing board and ask yourself why you started. The reason that made you begin the journey should also keep you going until the destination.

Conclusion

To finalize, many writers do experience writing anxiety in their writing journey, but this should not be a stumbling block to their creativity. By setting realistic goals, researching widely, reading good books and willing to let go of fear, then you can overcome writing anxiety and unleash inner creativity. Practice builds you and consistency is the key to growing as a writer. Once you banish your fear of writing, then you can be sure to extend your tentacles of imagination through the pen and into the paper and achieve your writing goals.

Let go the fear of judgment and write freely because you are not doing it for anyone else but yourself. Also understand that writing is a skill like any other and for it to grow you got to nourish it through practice.  It will take time and effort but the fruits will be worth it. Today make the decision to be a writer and walk that journey without giving up.