{"id":20915,"date":"2019-03-07T01:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=20915"},"modified":"2019-03-08T10:10:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T18:10:36","slug":"some-say-im-not-good-enough-theyre-right-by-carol-malone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/07\/some-say-im-not-good-enough-theyre-right-by-carol-malone\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Say I\u2019m Not \u201cGood\u201d Enough\u2014They\u2019re Right! By Carol Malone"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Join us today as authorpreneur, ghostwriter, book and creative coach-in-training, Carol Malone<\/a>, maneuvers through the world of differing fears. She gives advice through her own experiences of dealing with debilitating uncertainties. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

I know that\u2019s a shocking statement to say we\u2019re not good<\/em> enough<\/strong>, but folks, it\u2019s absolutely the truth.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy,\u201d you might say, \u201cwould you say such a thing? It\u2019s hurtful. It doesn\u2019t help me. You\u2019re just plain mean.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some authors might\u2019ve been blessed with the skills to be brilliant from our mother\u2019s womb. I don\u2019t know many writers who were born with a silver typewriter in their mouths. Do you?<\/p>\n

However, some of us are not so lucky and aren\u2019t good<\/em> enough to be writers (yet). Therefore, we must study and learn the art of writing, develop skills, and techniques, and continue to learn and hone these skills.<\/p>\n

Yes, some have natural ability<\/strong>\u2014they see and talk in story. Their English\u2014written and spoken\u2014is perfect. But what they wrote in the beginning wasn\u2019t Pulitzer Prize winning stuff.<\/p>\n

They needed to hone their craft, tighten their exposition, and perfect their writing skills. Then they had to write over and over again.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a one and done proposition. Writers constantly need to refresh their abilities and upgrade their skills and master new techniques for writing stunning literature.<\/p>\n

If we\u2019re not learning and growing, we really aren\u2019t going to become good<\/em> enough to finish all those books we dream of publishing.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s holding us back from being \u201cgood\u201d enough?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Fear.<\/p>\n

It all boils down to fear.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve recently engaged in a lesson on fear and how it affects us.<\/p>\n

We fear not being good<\/em> enough, like I said above.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re not <\/em>good enough.<\/p>\n

We need help to succeed.<\/p>\n

Fear can immobilize us, stop us from moving forward. Fear can overwhelm us, discourage us, cause us to feel like we can\u2019t function.<\/p>\n

Fear keeps us focused on us\u2014\u201cpoor me,\u201d \u201cnobody loves me<\/em>,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m no good,\u201d \u201ceveryone is out to get me<\/em>,\u201d etc.<\/p>\n

I know you\u2019ve said this stuff to yourself. So have I.<\/p>\n

Fear can rob us of joy and keeps us stuck in a fog.<\/p>\n

But one facet I heard from this discussion that surprised me. Fear makes us angry. I know, right? Weird. Fear makes us angry?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why does fear\/anger keep us from being \u201cgood\u201d enough?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I\u2019d never thought of fear leading to anger. I was shocked to equate anger with being afraid. So I did some research on the subject.<\/p>\n

From an article titled \u201cAnger Vs. Fear\u201d in Mentalhelp.net<\/em>, by Harry Mills, Ph.D<\/a>., Harry said, \u201cIn large part, it is our psychological interpretation of arousal feelings that determines whether we will feel fear, anger, or a combination of both.<\/p>\n

\u201cThink about your own experiences with fear and anger. What does it mean when you experience that sinking feeling in your stomach, sweat on your brow and nervous palpitation of your heart? These physiological symptoms can be signs that you are afraid, angry, or both.<\/p>\n

In fact, it can be difficult to tell anger apart from fear if you discount the presence of anger-triggering thoughts. In order to determine what specific emotion you are feeling, you need to examine the contents of your thoughts. What you are thinking is the surest way to figure out whether you are primarily angry or afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n

It’s the old adage, \u201cFlight or Fight.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have some problems with my Emotional Tool Box.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not as complete as I would like.<\/p>\n

For some reason, I put fear very high on my tool shelf.<\/p>\n

When I open my email and see literally hundreds of emails from \u201cWriting Experts,\u201d and go on Facebook and count just as many coming at me from all directions, feelings of being overwhelmed rush up to greet me.<\/p>\n

Basically, I panic.<\/p>\n

Where\u2019s my Cymbalta, my Valium, my Prozac?<\/em><\/p>\n

There\u2019s so <\/em>much information out there, so many Facebook posts, Tweets, emails, etc., about writing, publishing, advertising, and selling books, that overwhelm ratchets up my anxiety to fear, to down-right dread that I\u2019m failing at being good enough.<\/p>\n

A while back, I was in a critique group with four other romance writers. We were are various stages in our writers\u2019 journey. I held my own. I thought we were doing well together.<\/p>\n

Then in July of 2017, all four other critique partners quit the group on the same day.<\/p>\n

My fear: what I did do to tick them off or offend them enough for them to quit\u2014at the same time and on the same day?<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t good<\/em> enough to hold together a critique group.<\/p>\n

Well, these writers started their own group on Facebook.<\/strong> They now have a following of about 6,000 writers. They\u2019re holding their own conference and have their own YouTube channel where they teach writing principles. They\u2019re selling upward of $10,000 of eBooks per month.<\/p>\n

My fear told me: \u201cWhat happened to me? Why didn\u2019t I hit the authorpreneur gravy-train as did my four former critique partners? I failed.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, I stayed stuck, filled with fear and \u2026 anger, that I didn\u2019t succeed, or had been given the opportunity to succeed as they had done.<\/p>\n

So, I wallowed in my fear, my anger because \u201c\u2026simply put, they [anger\/fear] allow us [me] to escape upsetting, shameful, or anxiety-laden feelings we [I] may not have developed the emotional resources\u2014or ego strength\u2014to successfully cope with.\u201d<\/p>\n

— Comments by Leon F. Sheltzer, Ph.D., from his article \u201cAnger\u2014How We Transfer Feelings of Guilt, Hurt, and Fear<\/a>,\u201d Psychology Today.<\/em><\/p>\n

How does one \u201cdevelop the ego strength and emotional resources\u201d to deal with the fear of others\u2019 success?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"Good question, right?<\/p>\n

A meme from simplereminders.com <\/a>resonated with me and the sentiment gives me courage.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m all over the map.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, I just let it destroy my progress for the day and I plop into my comfy recliner and veg out all day on Hallmark moves\u2014yes, even the ones I\u2019ve seen four or five times already.<\/p>\n

Then there are days when I turn that anxiety around and count myself blessed for having gone through the discouragement, the panic, and muscle out on the other side.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Believe me, I\u2019m not always successful. But I\u2019m getting better. When I immerse myself in my writing, editing, or help other writers, I am better, stronger, and fearless. So, voil\u00e0, no anger because someone did better.<\/p>\n

Look, if writing were easy, everyone would do it.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

So true.<\/p>\n

I have some talent where storytelling is concerned, but getting those fantastic stories from my head through my arms and out my fingers to the keyboard, sometimes words and feelings get lost along the nerves and cells.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve found me a couple more critique groups, put myself out there, stretched, grown, slipped back, gained another foothold, and like the venerable tortoise, kept plodding along.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve found I don\u2019t need to wallow in my fear and anger. It doesn\u2019t do me any good.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, I\u2019m only crawling on my belly over sharp rocks, but I\u2019m moving forward.<\/p>\n

But what if we fear our own success?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I fear my own success, because then I\u2019ll actually have to do something, achieve something, and keep it going.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve become my own roadblock to success. No one really stands in my way of gaining writerly success except little \u2018ole me. Me and my pesky excuses as to why I didn\u2019t get this or that accomplished, why I didn\u2019t finish writing that one prize-winning book, or finish editing those twenty prize-winning books still trapped on my hard drive.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s me telling myself, \u201cI\u2019m just mediocre and that it\u2019s good<\/em> enough for who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve created my \u201cfake\u201d list of excuses and stand in my own way. Do you do that?<\/p>\n

How can I make myself realize I was meant to make a huge difference? How can you?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cWe are doing what we are meant to do, what we were created to do, and why we were placed here on earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well to figure that out, I found some questions for us to ask ourselves in an article by Melanie Spring, \u201cHow to Overcome the Fear of Success<\/a>,\u201d on Entrepreneur.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Are you with me? Okay, here we go.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Why am I standing in my own way? What do you need to let go of?<\/li>\n
  2. What does success look like to me? Getting clear on your goals is key to knowing what success looks like.<\/li>\n
  3. What happens when I am successful? What will having that do for you? (Phrase courtesy of Beth Barany<\/a>.) Will you celebrate? Will you find a new direction? Will you quit?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Get out of your own way and quit with the excuses.<\/h2>\n

    Can we do that?<\/p>\n

    Can we replace fear with faith in ourselves and the process and the knowledge we\u2019ve sought after, and inch our way forward?<\/p>\n

    Can we stay focused, dream big, move toward our goals?<\/p>\n

    Keep on truckin\u2019.<\/p>\n

    Nothing works unless you do. Keep calm and carry on.<\/p>\n

    Will you? Will I? There\u2019s no place to go but up. (Don\u2019t you just love clich\u00e9s?<\/em>)<\/p>\n

    What will you attempt today when your fear screams \u201cyou can\u2019t do it?\u201d<\/strong> Please leave a comment and let me know if you screamed back.<\/p>\n

    ***<\/p>\n

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    \"\"Award winning author, Carol Malone, writes humorous tales of romance, suspense, and adventure to challenge women to triumph over their doubts and fears. When not hammering out new adventures, Carol is reading suspenseful romance and switching between a Dodger game and a Hallmark movie on TV. Carol\u2019s husband of 37 years and sci-fi writer, is amazed she can read and watch TV at the same time. Her 36-year-old son has launched, but she keeps hoping for grandchildren. To chat with Carol or get the latest dish on the Dodgers or why she writes pulp-fiction, race on over to her website: http:\/\/carolmalone.net<\/a><\/p>\n

    Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carolmaloneauthor<\/a><\/p>\n

    Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarolAnneMalone<\/a><\/p>\n

    Fight Card Romance: Ladies Night<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

    Fight Card Romance: Ladies Night Christmas<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

    Summer Holiday<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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