Cast Off the Fear
29th June 2016 | for Creatives | artist integrity, creative fear, artist in the art, writing, writer's block, creative block, K'Wan Foye |
"Cast off the fear. I was terrified about writing stories about where I came from because I was embarrassed. Truly great writers are not afraid to bare their souls. Sometimes you may feel like: 'I shouldn't have put that in there, I don't want people to think it's about me or look at me differently.' Toss those thoughts aside. That's a mental block. Don't think about it. Just do it. As long as you write from a place of purity, and it comes from your heart, you can't go wrong."
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