The single bound fallacy

Jul 12, 2023

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Writers are often seen as superheroes.

I don’t disagree with this categorization, but I do think we need to clarify the reason for this. Writing a book does not take superhuman powers because writing itself is the biggest challenge going.

Writers are superheroes because you face the fears that come up while writing, and keep going.

I include you in this group because you’re here reading.

All of the skills it takes to write a book-length project are learnable. The biggest one of all is the one we’ll start with today:

The single bound fallacy

Writers are often seen as superheroes.

Writers are superheroes because you face the fears that come up while writing, and keep going.

How to relate to fear as a writer.

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