There is someone in my life that should be a writer. He is talented, both in story creation and writing itself. When I pressed him as to why he isn't even trying to write, (writing at a snail's pace is still writing) I was told that he is afraid to fail.
He hangs too much importance on his success. It appears to me that this is paralyzing him. He is afraid to try because if he tried and wasn't able to get published it would mean that he was the ultimate failure. Something he knows he wouldn't be able to recover from.
He knows himself. This is a man that is unable to play board games with a child because his ego is so wrapped up in the game that losing would devastate him.
But for the rest of you...
Don't let fear paralyze you. Try, fail and keep trying. We learn from failure. The ultimate failure is not trying.
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