Writing success: What's holding you back?

Here we are in the final quarter of 2007. Are you pleased with the progress you've made in your writing career this year?

If you're not, what's holding you back?

Chances are that it's you and your attitude to writing. If things haven't been working out for you, you need to do something different.

Remember the old saying: "If you do what you always do, you'll get what you always get".

We all tend to get stuck in a rut. As you plan for the rest of this year, and for 2008, ask yourself: "What can I do and write that's different?"

Invariably, you know quite well what you can and should do, but the very fact that it's different - you haven't done it before - scares you.

It's fine to be scared and anxious - your "anxiety" is just excitement.

Look on your life as an experiment. Become curious.

Try this. Write "What's holding me back from writing success is_________". Complete the sentence, and keep writing for 250 words. You'll surprise yourself.

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