One of the things my writing teacher talked about was that each of us, at one time or another, has a "shadow artist". A shadow artist causes you to have the following core negative beliefs:
I can't spell
My ideas are not good enough
I might end up alone
I do not deserve success (causing you to have a guilty feeling)
I only have one good piece of work in me and what do I do after this
Fear of success
Therefore, to take care of this shadow artist, it is good practice to write these core negative beliefs in your "morning pages". This gets them out of the way so you can freely express yourself in your writing. I think one of the greatest fears we have is that we are not good enough writers and we hold ourselves back. Our "logic brain" is at work as a blocking device. We need to let our "artist brain" go to work instead. This is our "inventor": it allows us to think in shadings and patterns, make associations, it is free wheeling, it unifies and does not analyze.
Friday, February 20, 2009
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It's so so hard to get rid of the shadow! Sometimes I think I'll just give up completely because the fears are too paralyzing. I think I need some meditation or something like that.Maybe that might work.
I know it is hard because I have gone through this too, but don't give up! Face your fears, write them down, everything you feel is holding you back, etc. Now you have this out of your system and just write without thinking and keep on writing when these fears want to surface. You will be all right, you will see.
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