A while back I wrote about, well, why I didn’t write for a very long time. Even after picking up the pen again and writing on a more regular basis, I haven’t shaken that feeling that I’m not a good enough writer–whatever that means. I have found that this holds me back from taking risks as a writer, for fear that it’s too cliché, too boring. Reading others’ writing can be inspirational, but oftentimes it makes my anxiety even worse.
I can be vulnerable and tell you all about my fears, my embarrassments, my joys, but more often than not, I keep those retellings in a conversational voice. I’m like that student in class who just writes like they speak, but maybe with better punctuation.
I’ve tried this strategy before–finding a craft move from Roy Clark’s Writing Tools: 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer and then applying it to my own writing. But for this March Slice of Life Challenge, I’m going to lean into even more and do it regularly. Every day? No, that might be too much. What about every Sunday in honor of the Sunday Scaries? Confront the scariest part of writing!
Okay, but not this Sunday.
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