When Your Words Meet Silence
As writers, we fear people reading our words, yet we also want to be read.
One of the biggest issues that I struggle with as a writer and creative is the fear of judgement. The fear of what people think of the work I do: criticism, trolling, and being misunderstood is often what I expect and I mentally prepare myself for. It can stop me from putting my words out there into the world, it can prevent me from creating and sharing my work.
In the creative membership group I run we have a saying to combat this:
No-one cares.
No-one is watching, no-one is listening —so put your words out there into the world as it doesn’t matter.
And this is great advice. No-one cares about your work and your writing as much as you do. This is your time to experiment, to try different mediums, to uncover your writing voice because it doesn’t matter, no-one cares.
And this has been sound advice. It’s enabled many of us to take a step out of our comfort zones and take a chance with our writing and creativity.
