Anxiety Quote by Ralph Keyes

“Anxiety is not only an inevitable part of the writing process but a necessary part. If you’re not scared, you’re not writing.”

Ralph Keyes

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“If you are in difficulties with a book,” suggested H. G. Wells, “try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn’t expecting it.” This was one way Gail Godwin learned to outfox her “watcher” (the inner critic who kept an eye on her as she worked): looking for times to write when she was off guard.…

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“Fear flushes clogged pores of perception.”

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“Henrik Ibsen hung a picture of August Strindberg over his desk. “He is my mortal enemy and shall hang there and watch while I…

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Willa Cather said that she write best when she stopped trying to write and began simply to remember.

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Serious writers write, inspired or not. Over time they discover that routine is a better friend than inspiration.

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One thing I like about writing is that it provides such a wonderful opportunity for confidential chats with readers. In the privacy of writing, and reading, we can discuss topics that are a little touchy, a bit embarrassing, and feel less alone in the process. Feeling consumed by memories from high school. Feeling wimpy. Feeling time-obsessed. Yearning for our fathers.…

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“One thing that separates would-be writers from working writers is that the latter know their work will never match their dreams.”

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Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last.

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“Christopher Isherwood tried to trick a good topic into rising from his unconscious by irritating it, “deliberately writing nonsense until it intervenes, as it…

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“Do Not Be Anxious 25 e “Therefore I tell you, f do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 g Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into…

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“Nothing happens on its own, you have to make things happen. If you really want to come out of your stressful situation than you need to take action. Unless you stand up for yourself and take action, the problem is not going to get away. Let fear of failure shouldn't stop you from taking action.-Subodh Gupta, author "Stress Management A…

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“I guess if we're talking about my anxiety, the even truthier truth is it started way before that.”

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“The suspense: the fearful, acute suspense: of standing idly by while the life of one we dearly love, is trembling in the balance; the racking thoughts that crowd upon the mind, and make the heart beat violently, and the breath come thick, by the force of the images they conjure up before it; the desperate anxiety to be doing something…

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