Writing.
It's hard, but
everybody finds it hard.
Don't they?
At the very least, I
think we all find writing hard - sometimes harder than others, too. I've
realised lately that I suffer from writing-things-down anxiety, which is a bit
of a pain when I'm supposed to be a writerly person and all that. I made it one
of my new year's resolutions that I would update this blog more often (I know,
I know, more than 2 weeks late) and it wasn't until really recently that I
finally understood why I've found it so hard. As someone whose ultimate dream
is to have their work read by as many people as possible, this came as a bit of
a shock.
Me? Afraid of people reading my words?
Apparently yes. I
think a lot of writers get anxious about people reading their fiction before
it's finished (and really, it's never finished), but am I alone in being
anxious about all of my writing? Blogs,
journals, notes, scraps of stories… You name it, I'm afraid to write it down.
And this doesn't just cover my notebooks, it's things I write on my laptop,
sticky notes, bits of information on scraps of paper. It doesn't matter if it's
something that I have absolutely no plans to show anyone - my brain goes into
overdrive convincing me that if I write it down, people will read it and judge
me.
Though, why anyone
should be judging my sticky note reminders to check my emails, or remember to
bring a book for a friend, is beyond me.
So, I'm taking steps
to try and get over this fear… and this is the first one!
Do you ever have
writing anxieties? How do you get over them? Let me know in the comments!
xoxo
