Call For Submissions: How do you handle fear when sharing your work?

How do you not let fear control you?

We’ve all been there. Staring at a completed piece wondering how the world is going to react. We’ve written and rewritten that thing so many times that we can recite it by heart.

But it’s time to hit publish and you’re worried about the reaction. Or maybe we take a step back. Maybe your fear prevents you or makes it difficult to even get started. Whenever it kicks in, fear can be debilitating.

So how do you handle it? What do you do to alleviate your fear? Do you think a little bit of fear is healthy for a writer or creator?

NEW RULE:

You can submit to this or ANY of our past writing prompts. Just scroll through our previous newsletters. They’ll be marked “Call for Submissions.”

Same rules still applyIf you’re already a writer for CRY, go ahead and submit.If you’re not a writer for CRY but would like to submit to this request, let us know and we’ll add you ASAP.Be as creative as you want in your submissions. As long as you stick to the topic, we’ll consider it.Just because you submit doesn’t mean we’ll post. If you haven’t heard back from us in three days, consider that a pass.

Please reach out if you have any questions at all. If you are new to Medium, here’s how you submit a draft to a publication.

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