How to Write Unafraid

I’ve been in a bit of a back and forth with a couple of friends, and we’re asking, “what would you write if you wrote unafraid?” Perhaps a more universal way of stating the proposition (so it applies not only to writers) is this: what would you say if you could cut the crap? It’s crass; I know. But it’s the sort of question that begs honesty–maybe too much honesty.

I’ve been considering the question, really pondering it. I’ve been asking whether I hold back too much, or whether I write what I...