The Fear of Writing
Three years ago I discovered I enjoy writing stories. I love thinking of plots, characters and locations for different stories. I occasionally have little movies playing in my head of stories I want to write. I have a bit of an issue though, I still haven't wrote a book from start to finish yet. I think it might have to do with my fear of writing. It might sound stupid, but from some research I've done, many writers feel this way too, which makes me feel better knowing that I'm not alone. "If we had to say what writing is, we would have to define it essentially as an act of courage." - Cynthia Ozick Inside my closet there is a shoe box filled with papers of notes for all the story ideas I had over the past three years. Actually even ideas I had when I was younger, things that remained in my brain. Every time I look at these notes, I want to pick one and start writing, but once I'm sitting in from of my computer my mind goes blank and I just can'...