"I have failed. I have fallen down in front of thousands of readers. I have been dragged through..."

“I have failed. I have fallen down in front of thousands of readers. I have been dragged through the Internet for weeks and months on end because I killed off beloved characters. My pathological fear of printing errors has come horribly true. Anything you are afraid of happening to you as a writer has happened to me and I am here to tell you- it all passes. You know what happens when your worst writing-based fear is realized? You lay on the floor for an hour, get back up, and try again. If you’re a real writer there is nothing ANYONE can say or do that will stop you. Especially no one on the interwebs.


There is literally nothing to be afraid of. Nothing. It’s an illusion. Go write.”

- Words for Pictures, Brian Michael Bendis, p. 201 (via myprivatelibrary)