Anxiety is not only an inevitable part of the writing process but a necessary part. If you’re not scared, you’re not writing.

Anxiety is not only an inevitable part of the writing process but a necessary part. If you’re not scared, you’re not writing.

Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last.

Willa Cather said that she write best when she stopped trying to write and began simply to remember.

I'm tempted to say that the top three reasons for hopelessness are rejection, rejection, rejection. But let's cast our net wider. 1) Not being able to write as well as we hoped we could. 2) Not being able to write at all. 3) Rejection.

I think that simply nudging yourself into unfamiliar settings - physical or emotional - can produce surprising results on the writing front.

Be as creative in your tactics as you are in your writing. Find what gets your engine going, no matter how peculiar it may seem to others.