The Problem with Writer's Block

...is that it's not writer's block at all. It's fear. Fear that is keeping us from putting that which we believe into the world. Fear that someone will tell us our writing isn't coherent enough, or point out grammar mistakes, or pick a fight with our stance.

I wrote in an earlier post about serving a specific group of people. We add value as a writer (or a contractor, or a designer, or a gunsmith) when we bring our certain set of talents and our worldview to the group we serve. That's why Dave Ramsey and Suze Orman can both be financial advisors to huge groups of people. Some like Dave, some like Suze, and all have good reasons for having a favorite.

As the innovators, entrepreneurs, leaders, we need to decide who we're going to add value for. We need to determine where our talents/interests/worldview intersects with people we like who have problems that we can solve (and are willing to pay us for our talent).

Don't let writer's block (the fear of failure) get in the way of giving your best. Do your work for your people. And if someone from outside of the group points out a typo, kindly let them know you're elated that all they could find wrong with your writing was a spelling error.