Is Every New Writer Hunted by One Fear or the Other?

Or am I alone?

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I’m new to the writing world.

And all the lessons I’ve learned and all the encouragement I’ve received seem not to help me.

I’ve been reading motivational materials since I was a kid. Some of them made me believe I can succeed at anything I set my mind to.

Despite all of these, I still see myself as a failure when it comes to writing.

Fear is real

I have fears, and I can understand. I’m human.

However, the fear of failing in the writing industry is deeply rooted in my soul. Sometimes, I feel like someone is standing by my side and telling me “ Don’t write, it’s pointless!”

This fear seems to be real. It hurts my consistency and derails my focus.

Especially, here on Medium, before I put my fingers on the keyboard, I’d be skeptical about certain things:

• Will what I’m going to write make any sense?
• Will anyone read my work?
• Will my work receive a single clap?

Questions like these would keep pouring out of my mind and they deepen my fear.

These negative emotions always make me feel like a defeated man.