Creative Writing Fears- I'm Scared Of What I Might Unleash From My Creative Mind

As creative writers, there are many different fears we could have about our creative writing.

Fear is one of the major reasons why we don’t write to our full creative potential, and why sometimes we don’t write at all.

One of the most common of these fears – and one that’s often overlooked – is the fear that if we let our creative minds run free, we might unleash something bad or terrifying.

Let’s take a closer look at how this can appear and what you can do to overcome it:

“I’m scared if I let my creative imagination run free I don’t know what I might unleash in my mind.

If I really let go in my creative writing I’m scared about the kind of images, ideas and stories I might come up with, what they’ll mean and what they’ll say about me.”

How to overcome the fear:

This is a very real possibility. Ultimately you have to make the decision whether you’re going to be as creative a writer as you can be, or if you’re going to stay within certain boundaries.

Either way is great, if it’s the right choice for YOU.

If you decide to let your imagination run free, then yes there may be some scary stuff unleashed. But there will just as likely be some incredibly beautiful, emotive and touching writing to come from it too, writing that only you can create in your unique way.

And remember what you write is not you. Just because you have a dark thought, it doesn’t make you any less a person or mean for a moment you’d act on that thought. It’s just a natural part of your creative imagination.

This is one of the most common, but rarely talked about fears we can have as creative writers.

How has this type of fear appeared in your creative writing life in the past?

What choices can you make, and what action can you take, starting today, to reduce any negative impact it has?

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Creativity Coach and keen creative writer Dan Goodwin helps people who are struggling to be as creative as they know they can be. See more at his website: www.CoachCreative.com