The single bound fallacy

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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:

How to relate to fear as a writer.