“The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it,” writes Steven Pressfield. This is one of the thoughts noted in this list of five principles on fear in the creative process.
“The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it,” writes Steven Pressfield. This is one of the thoughts noted in this list of five principles on fear in the creative process.
Well, yeah, I suppose. But I’ve also discovered (as others have said before me) that if you try to write out a problem you have in real life, but haven’t resolved, the story won’t work.
Yeah, there’s something about being too close to the situation to write about it. That’s the place bad poetry comes from.