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Scott Lax Blog

Writing Wisdom from Eleanor Roosevelt

Maybe you agree that one of the biggest blocks to having a career as a writer, or even submitting your writing, is fear. Fear of rejection; fear of failure. I can't think of better advice than that of Eleanor Roosevelt, who said:

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do."

What are you afraid of as a writer? When you identify it, you can face it and work and write through it.