I am scared of writing Fiction. Terrified. I confess this to you because I feel it may be a minor hiccup in writing my novel (see previous, previous post). I liken it to singing in front of large groups of people and crossing non-suspension, medium height bridges. for the love of God, child, run faster! Blogging is only sort of scary. Sure, I am putting myself out there, but it's just me. It's how I talk if I took an hour and a half to say three paragraphs and I got to edit each word. It's pretty much just like hanging out if I was the only one who ever got to talk and my thoughts were the only ones that mattered. Fun for all. But Fiction. Fiction is different. Fiction is investing in the part of you that dares to dream and opening it up for all to judge. Yipes. Over the last several years I've scaled back on giving my dreams a voice. It's tough times for hopes and wishes ...
learning to refocus