dogketcham-blog asked:
when you were just beginning to write or whatever, do you suffer from bouts of panic where you doubted you'd ever be successful or were even good in the first place? If so, how did you get past them?
yes, but my desire to write or whatever has always been stronger than the anxiety about being good or not. You just keep powering through that.
As far as working on it, anxiety about being “successful” is pretty arbitrary, and it probably helps to tell yourself that. If success is making lots of money, you might be expecting something unrealistic. If success is having anyone at all who appreciates your work, I think you are on to something and can build on that.
