Write without fear

Write without fear. I feel like I've had writer's block for about a decade. I had a story I'd been trying to wrench out of me and it - never - quite - worked. So you know what I did? I shelved it. It'll sit and percolate, and one day, it might come back to me.
But for now, I've started writing something totally different. A genre I've never written and never thought I'd write (despite reading it voraciously). Letting go of my fear and sinking into the joy of writing has been the most fun I've had in years.