Author Fears and How to Overcome Them

<h3>How many times have you said 'your writing's crap' or shied away from calling yourself an author? </h3><p><br></p><p>Take comfort in knowing your author fears are valid other writers feel the same way you do but are not letting fear stop them from putting themselves out there. </p><p><br></p><h4><em>We are all feeling the fear but doing what we love anyway. </em></h4><p><br></p><p>And you can too. </p><p><br></p><h2>Since starting to write your novel have you developed any of these author fears below? </h2><p><br></p><h4>Are you using them as reasons not to advance in your writing career?</h4><p><br></p><p>This book touches upon:</p><h3><br></h3><h3>Confidence Fears </h3><ul><li>Comparisonitis </li><li>Exposing Yourself</li><li>Your Life Will Change </li><li>Lacking Motivation </li><li>Feeling Like a Fraud </li><li>Inadequacy </li><li>Being Judged by Others </li><li>Looking Stupid </li><li>You Will Never Make it as an Author </li></ul><h3><br></h3><h3>Self Doubt </h3><ul><li>People Will Laugh at Me</li><li>People Will Talk About me </li><li>Becoming Overly Successful </li><li>Wasting time in an Unknown Future </li><li>Who cares About My Book </li><li>Who am I too Write a Book? </li></ul><h3><br></h3><h3>Genre Fears </h3><ul><li>Children's Fiction</li><li>Historical Fiction</li><li>Horror</li><li>Memoir</li><li>Non Fiction</li><li>Romance</li></ul><h3><br></h3><h3>Craft Fears </h3><ul><li>Criticism</li><li>Defamation </li><li>My Book is too Short </li><li>Lack of Talent </li><li>Originality</li><li>Plagiarism </li><li>Being Rejected </li><li>Running out of Ideas</li><li>Self Publishing Snobbery </li></ul><h3><br></h3><h3>Mental Health in Writers </h3><ul><li>Anxiety </li><li>Depression </li></ul><h3><br></h3><h3>Physical Fears </h3><ul><li>Money </li><li>Unsupportive People </li><li>Responsibilities </li><li>Time</li></ul><p><br></p>