These common beliefs limit our creativity:
Writing is a struggle...
except for those rare few who are so talented, they do not have to work at their writing, which flows to them from a mysterious source of divine inspiration. Writing is not ‘work’ for a really good writer.
You’ve either got it or you don’t...
Writers are born, not made. Writing can’t be taught. There are very few truly good writers, and their inspiration marks them as geniuses.
Real writers write alone...
a real writer shouldn’t need anyone else’s help, feedback, encouragement, or input on his writing. He should be able to produce a perfect piece of prose unaided. To collaborate with other writers is a sign of inability and personal weakness.
Real writers don’t revise...
Revision indicates you don’t have your writing under control, or worse, that you don’t know what you’re doing and shouldn’t even try.
Real writers spend all day, every day, writing...
and I don’t have all day! I have work, children, a spouse, a life! When am I supposed to find time to write?
It’s all been said...
so why should I bother? Who wants to read my writing anyway?
For each myth or belief about writing and writers, however, there is an alternate perspective.
Contact me if you think you are limiting your own creativity and would like to discuss ways to change your perspective.
