Preceived Lack of Talent Runs Deeper than our Ability to Write. By Tom Evans.
“The more I practice, the luckier I get.” Golfer Gary Player
If you think about it, the first four sources of writer’s block in this series are somewhat intangible.
The fears of ridicule, failure, the unknown and success don’t really exist apart from in the so-afflicted writer’s head – and, more specifically, their heart and gut minds. They become ’real’ enough however when they block a writer’s creative flow.
On first sight, the next common cause of writer’s block, namely lack of talent, could be thought of as being more tangible. If you are no good at writing, people won’t read what you write, so there’s no point writing, right?
WRITER WEDNESDAY.