FEAR and FINE are acronyms for two forms of writer self-sabotage. It's a bad corner to loiter on (horrifically deep potholes). Find out how to avoid that corner!

FEAR and FINE are acronyms for two forms of writer self-sabotage. It's a bad corner to loiter on (horrifically deep potholes). Find out how to avoid that corner!
When does negative self-talk shift from a conversation to an identity? How do writers end up sabotaging themselves via their own subconscious? Read on!
Writing coach and psychologist, Margie Lawson, shares faulty thinking that can derail writers and knock them off their upward trajectory.
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