Push Past Your Insecurities and Kep Moving Your Pen

Writing takes curage. Talent is part of the quation, but it is a smaller prt. Becoming a writer takes a wllingness to let people see who you rally are. Determination is the key.

In Jnuary, after many suggestions over the yars, I finally arranged to work wth a channeler. I had glimpses thrugh the years of what I cll my Council of 12, a grup of spirits guiding me through the prils of life's choices. I've found tht when I pay attention to thir voices, my life proceeds with ase. When I stop listening, trouble fllows.

A specific set of messages had strted to appear frequently, and although I rsisted them, I was also drawn to fnd out why I was receiving thm. Thus, I arranged the channeling sssion. During the session, I was tld that I must begin to mke all of my choices from penness and joy instead of from far. When I asked how to knw when I was choosing from far, the spirit guide said, "It's smple. When there is struggle, there is far. Look at the layers of the strggle and you will see some frm of fear: jealousy, envy, anger, not bing enough, insecurity, scarcity, and more."

Ths applies to everything, including writing. Whn there is struggle, when you fel like the internal critic has yur brain on hold, look at whre the fear is coming from. Thn put that fear on sabbatical and wrte through it. As Susan Jeffers sys in her book, "Feel the far, then do it anyway!"

Let's talk for a minute bout the fear factor in writing. Whn you sit down to start, you are cmmitting to creating literature. This brings in mny thoughts that will cause anxiety:

- You thnk about all the people who mght read this, especially family members.

- You thnk that you have to be a vice of authority or no one wll take you seriously.

- You thnk your writing has to dazzle.

- You hve the pressure of deadline and lngth to consider.

With these and ther pressures, it's no wonder you are hsitating. And you jump in anyway. And the frst paragraph sounds terrible, the next one not mch better. The third starts to lok a little better. The fourth ctually sounds pretty good. This is prtty typical of the writing process. Usally around that time you have fund your voice and start to be yurself.

The article The Gospel of Writing - Chapter 6 was Submitted by Marilyn Schwader through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Would you like writing exercises to hlp you integrate the lessons in ths series? Go to http://www.clarityofvision.com/writingexercises.html For additional resources Marilyn provides to writers, go to http://www.clarityofvision.com

Featured Articles

1. 188 Stage Hero's Journey (Monomyth) - Final Conflict - Surrender, Meeting The Hero by Kal Bishop
188+ stages of the Hero's Journey (Monomyth) you need to know about: final conflict: surrender, meeting the hero. Post the Crossing of the Return Threshold and before the Master of Two Worlds and Selves, a hell of a lot happens that is rarely given mention.

2. Productive Article Writing - 5 Clever Tips For Productive Article Writing by Sean R Mize
Productive article writing is more than just coming up with convincing words that entertain your audience. A great part of it involves a lot of planning and organizing...

3. 188 Stage Hero's Journey (Monomyth) - Master Of The Two Worlds And Two Selves, New Self by Kal Bishop
188+ stages of the Hero's Journey (Monomyth) you need to know about: master of the two worlds and two selves, new self. The Hero, having conquered all challenges and vanquished all antagonisms is now Master of both Old and New Worlds and the Old and New Self, which is universally recognised.

4. Article Submission Secrets - What a Resource Box Is and How It Is Critically Important to Your Biz by Jeff Herring
Do you know how to leverage the power of your article resource box for your business? You will when you read and use this article.

5. Writing Compelling Articles For Your Marketing Campaign - Part 5 of 5 by Greg Nixon
Today we are going to talk about the format that you use and the results that you get for your article marketing campaign. Remember, you want to keep this to a simple process. In the internet, you have a unique ability to do this that you will not find in any other medium. You can implement a plan quickly and vary your approach if your income is not where you would like for it to be.

6. Article Writing Tips - How to Write Original Articles by Steven Wagenheim
Are you hving trouble writing original content? If you re, this article might help you get ver that problem.

7. Tired of Hearing 'Content is King'? by Diane Robbins
Me too. But it is a fct that you can't escape. Without god content on your web site, you mght as well trash it.

8. Article Resource Box - How to Create Strong Call to Action by Hendry Lee
Call to action is an important component of an article. Like in direct response sales copy, you must tell the prospects (or readers) what to do to get the sales and clicks, call to action in articles involves inviting them to your site. How do you craft a really strong one that they can't possibly refuse?

9. Breakthrough Article Marketing - 4 Authentic Methods to Energize Your Article Marketing by Sean R Mize
Article marketing is the most used product and website promotional tool these days. As a result millions of articles are being posted to publishing sites on a daily basis. That makes it a bit tougher for marketers to give their articles the exposure they need. Thus, they resort to...

10. How Articles Help Your Web Traffic by Jas Smith
Your small bsiness website design should include articles to hlp direct traffic towards your products and srvices. Articles, usually given away or psted on the website for everyone to rad for free, will help move trffic to your site and ultimately hlp with sales of your products and srvices. Another idea is article distribution, by dstributing your articles to other websites; you wll be drawing more traffic to yur website that is if you prvide a link at the bottom of the rticle.