Personal Essay: My Fear Of Writing

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The fear of writing can have a positive or adverse effect on anyone. I have my own mindset about writing, Fear. I strongly dislike writing and I would prefer to not sit through the writing process. The Fear occurs when I start pen to paper and then lightens up as I get going. When I wright I have an internal psychological fear that it will not meet my expectations, but I do not stop and think about who I am trying to make My writing work for. When it comes to writing I think what I can do to make myself better, No! That is not the question. I am already a good writer, what I should be asking is what I can do to improve my writing to make it more advanced than before. There are many resources that are available to help threw the obstacles that stand in my way and that is how I have learn to overcome my own obstacles. No writing of mine is unsalvageable, no matter how bad it starts off.
When I was in high school I had the worst and best writing experience together. I learned to find writing as a release for what I did not feel comfortable saying aloud. In the ninth grade I found out I can be amazing at creative writing that is also non-fiction. I wrote about a young girl of age ten and her stresses in life with all the difficulties that she goes through. That young girl was, me. When I wrote the words I could feel the heartache, the
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You do not, at least I have not fully. Deep inside me I still have a mindset that writing is scary. I write when I have to but not for entertainment. Writing is a Fear that can be overcome because all a fear is, is a psychological restraint. My fear will not discourage me from learning and cannot put a blocker on aspirations. Writing is a beautiful thing and a great achievement. Writing is an art that comes from deep inside and a pathway to learning. What may seem deep and powerful to me my not be to you, but if I can put it into my writing then you can see my point of

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