Overcoming Obstacles and Gaining the Confidence to Write - videohttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/writer-s-block/6708/overcoming-obstacles-and-gaining-the-confidence-to-write---videoen-USTelligent Community 10Overcoming Obstacles and Gaining the Confidence to Write - videohttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/writer-s-block/6708/overcoming-obstacles-and-gaining-the-confidence-to-write---videoThu, 18 Jan 2018 15:10:44 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:1f0d0cb7-45d2-4b96-818c-7c7a392056c0Alice Clark-Plattshttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/writer-s-block/6708/overcoming-obstacles-and-gaining-the-confidence-to-write---video#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Writer&#39;s Block by Alice Clark-Platts on 1/18/2018 3:10:44 PM<br /> <div class="asl-wikipage-summary"> <p>As author and founder of the Singapore Writers&#39; Group Alice Clark-Platts explains, many people have a book idea and aspire to write, but most don&#39;t ever sit down to get it done. Completing your manuscript is simple, she says - you just have to sit down and write. She&#39;s learned in her experience as a writing teacher that a blank page can be terrifying. So terrifying that people run away from it and let the fear and self-doubt keep them from writing. If you can get over that fear and just try you are one step closer to reaching your goal. Alice Clark-Platts recommends having a target word count in mind when you sit down to write and to avoid editing until you&#39;ve reached that word count goal. Even if what you write isn&#39;t perfect, be confident in your ability to express yourself through writing - it&#39;s a gift that everyone should utilize.</p> </div> <div class="asl-wikipage-media"> <p><a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-97/Overcoming-Obstacles-and-Gaining-the-Confidence-to-Write.mp4">www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../Overcoming-Obstacles-and-Gaining-the-Confidence-to-Write.mp4</a></p> </div><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: fiction, Nonfiction, video</div>