Here is my problem plain and simple: I am kind of afraid to write. You see, for someone who loves writing and desires most to become a novelist, this problem is not merely obnoxious, but completely debilitating. I DO cherish to writing in my life; I want to make it my livelihood. I have even been told I do so quite well (though, I am hesitant to utter such a claim among adept writers like yourselves).
Nevertheless, the image of a white, blank, mark-less paper or document strikes great anxiety in me. I don't know how to start. What if people hate it? My opening scene is crap. My characters are so dull, flat, and undeveloped. This whole idea is too bizarre to work. This whole idea is so trite and overplayed. What am I even doing? - I can't write! All such things zip across my brain preventing me from penning a single word!
What do I do? I am quite desperate really. I don't know how to overcome it. Does anyone else face a similar dilemma?
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