More Stories, Creative Writing Podcast

Show Notes: 01:17 What does it mean to me to “help you take your writing to the next level”? 02:50 The “next level” is the next step to becoming a better, more authentic version of myself. 05:00 Two ways fear can be beneficial: it can alert us to danger, it can help us understand we are working on legitimately valuable things. 06:15 Five negative consequences of fear that we don’t confront: it causes us to act in negative ways, it can cause us to perform below our optimum level, fear fuels the engine of resistance, it limits our willingness to interact with others, and it magnifies the perceived consequences of even the smallest failure. 07:58 The Fear of Failure 11:26 Four ways to address the fear of failure, and failure itself, to make both less of a roadblock. 14:28 The Fear of Success 20:45 Some words of encouragement: The cost of not following your artistic impulse, the cost of not pursuing the next level for yourself and your creative work, is too high to allow the fear to win. Begin, even today, to fin