Why I Ruined My Writing Career

A writing career does not make a great writer.

“Any writing exposes writers to judgment about the quality of their work and their thought. The closer they get to painful personal truths, the more fear mounts-not just about what they might reveal but about what they might discover should they venture too deeply inside. To write well, however, that’s exactly where we must venture.”

― Ralph Keyes, The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear