Thread by @Sakiera_Hudson

During my Fly Lady Writers retreat, we talked about writing practices. I shared that A, I don't have a writing practice, B, writing is my biggest fear and the thing I believe shows I am all smoke and no fire (no substance), and C, is the thing I am most ashamed about academically

I should be a good writer and I am not. I can give a talk but I can't write. Writing scares me. I struggle getting my words and thoughts on paper. I have projects that have languished in my head/file drawer because I can't get them out in a form I can share with the world.

Sharing my fear of writing in my writing group was hard. I felt myself getting choked up thinking of how hard it is for me to do the one thing I need to get tenure. Now my specific tenure milestone is in front of me, I need to figure out my relationship with writing.

I am sharing this publicly bc people think I have it together. I don't, and that is most apparent with my writing.

If anyone has had crippling writing fear and have gotten past it, please share your wisdom. I'm just trying to stay employed 😭😭😭

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