The Only Thing We Have To Fear...

I'm a fan of the Tent Hamm's blog, The Simple Dollar. Not every post is something I can use, but a lot of them are. And every once in a while, a post comes along that just slips right into my brain like a key in a lock. This one was one of those. It's a review of a book called Get Everything Done by Mark Forester. Sounds like something a writer could use, doncha think?

One of the points that Trent talks about really struck me as uber important (especially for writers):

11. Resistance: The Signpost to Where You Should Be Going
Forster argues that the task that we feel the most resistance towards doing is the task that is usually the most important to get done sooner rather than later. We usually feel resistance because we have negative feelings toward that task - either we simply don’t want to do it or we’re afraid to do it for some reason. Digging into those reasons is usually fruitful, as is directly tackling any and all tasks that we feel resistance towards.

Wow. Haven't you felt that way about writing sometimes? Like it's the most important task we have to do and yet the one we put off the most. I know I treat it that way sometimes. And I know why - it's fear. Fear that I won't put good writing on the page, or that I won't do justice to my ideas. Or fear that I'm writing yet another book that will get rejected.

This is one of the main things I want to conquer this year. What about you? Do you ever feel this way about your writing? What is it you fear?