Fearless Writing with Bill Kenower

Writing and sharing our work can be as normal as breathing. Unless, that is, we hold breath as we wonder if other people will like it. 

This isn’t school. This isn’t a math class. When you write fearlessly, there’s only one correct answer, and only you will ever know it.

As writers we have to care as much about the words we use when we describe our own life and experiences, as we do when we describe a scene in our stories.

Rejection, saying no to something, is a part of the creative process, not just what happens sometimes when people don’t like our stuff.

You can’t read anyone’s mind, you can’t make anyone buy anything – and you don’t have to. Just share what is so awesome about your story. 

Writing is all about questions. We ask them, and something else answers. Ask the wrong question, and we’ll only get into trouble.

It’s rare to be in the mood when you start. Your first and most important job is to get into that relaxed, curious, receptive state of mind, and then start writing.

The inner critic isn’t going to help you. He or she is only the voice of fear.

When we can learn to see fear as guidance, we can use the experience to help us stay in the moment, where all stories are actually told. 

There’s no book or author you have to read. You find what you need to read just like you’ll find the story you’re meant to tell.

Bill debunks this very believable myth that actually interferes with us doing our best work.

I know you think you do. We all think we do. But we don't.

Bill introduces the one fear that haunts writers of all experience levels. It’s not failure or bad reviews, but we face it every single time we sit down to write.