Does writing scare you?

Here's why this is a good thing

Are you scared before writing?

Do you come up with a giant list of things that you must check off before you type? Do previously unappealing chores and obligations call your name? I'm talking about you, laundry.

This happens to all of us. I have been struggling myself with getting hypnotised by my inner critic whenever I have a writing session planned. I yawn and am convinced that I absolutely MUST go to sleep for just a little while before getting to that writing I had decided I was going to do today.

Maddening, right?

It's enough to make you feel like a failure, a fraud, and like maybe you’re not cut out to be a writer after all.

Here’s a shift that I teach all my students and clients. It’s simple, but makes an enormous impact: