Is it normal this is something i fear?

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So I'm an aspiring author. I've been drafting and writing notes for a series I've been working on, but I have a kind of weird concern. I myself have a fear of driving, and I worry that someone may get into an accident, or some other horrible thing could happen to them, on their way to get my book. I know that it wouldn't be my fault and I would probably have no way of knowing, but no matter how I direct it may be, I don't want to be responsible for any harm done to anyone.

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  • Ellenna
    6 years ago

    Any excuse not to actually write, eh? I know that one ... Sometimes when I'm intending to write I'll find myself doing something entirely different and not urgent, like washing the windows or cleaning out the car and then laugh at myself when I realise I'm avoiding actually SITTING DOWN AND WRITING.

    One of my favourite quotes is from Oscar Wilde, who once wrote to a friend that he'd spent the whole morning taking a commma out of something he'd written and the whole afternoon putting it back in.

    I don't believe your book will be so powerful it will cause someone to be hurt on the way to guy it: can't you see how illogical that is? Time for some self talk, my friend: you need to invent a countering thought to focus on every time that irrational thought comes into your head and keep repeating it, out loud if necessary. You could try something like "My book has no power to cause harm to anyone".

    Good luck!

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      6 years ago

      Thank you very much!

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  • Murun
    6 years ago

    Make it mail-order only.

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  • Boojum
    6 years ago

    Sounds like a good excuse for you to not actually sit down and do the damn work.

    Lots of writers are good at avoiding writing.

    It's why I spend so much time on this damn site.

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    • Hateful1
      6 years ago

      LOL. Yup. I'm here wasting time to.

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    • Ellenna
      6 years ago

      Yeah me too: I know I'm not going to live long enough to finish all the writing I've started and abandoned, but can't seem to throw out

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