When people email me saying they want to publish their writing but feel insecure about it, this is my first suggestion: invent a character who is not afraid, one who can say all the things you can’t. Play it. See what it’s like. If you make a fool of yourself, you can erase the character and make a new one.
What if the invented new you will do so much better than your real you would ever be able to, that you won’t be able to let it go?
Anyway, this is not so much new to me 😉 — Oliver Weiss
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I kinda feel that this is what happens to actors
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Or writers like Lewis Carroll.
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