Comments on: Kicking Fear’s Butt

By: Joanne Coles

Joanne Coles — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:44:40 +0000

LOL, Jackie, your dd sounds fab!

Feeling the fear is definitely hard, but when you own it you can stomp your way up those mountains :-)

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:14:51 +0000

Scarlet – yeah re Chuck Norris!! There is no one cooler than Chuck Norris. 🙂 Oh and I think you’re totally right about telling the stories you want to tell. Going to be doing much more of that too. Quietly and carefully of course. 🙂

Maya – Nope, can’t go wrong. Thanks my dear! Enjoy your partial – that’s what I should have been doing the last time and didn’t.

Anne – you hit the nail on the head. And head being the operative word. I have been writing class assignments and not very good ones at that. Got to get back to feeling it. But not being afraid. Tricky! 🙂

Caroline – good to see you back too! Yeah, I hope so re the fear. It’ll come back, it always does but hopefully I’ll be a ninja by then and will utterly slaughter it. 🙂

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:23:52 +0000

Go kick that FEAR’s butt Jackie. You will do it. I can feel it in my bones! Caroline x

By: Anne MacFarlane

Anne MacFarlane — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:54:11 +0000

I think once we submit and get feedback we start writing with our heads instead of our hearts. Then it turns more into a class assignment with a check list of items we need to include.

Glad to see you've decided to write fearlessly!

By: Maya

Maya — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:38:04 +0000

I’m so proud of you Jackie for feeling the fear and doing it anyway, lol 🙂 I’m taking a leaf out of your book and tackling my partial that way too. Welcome back, honey 🙂 Quietly and carefully – now you can’t go wrong with THAT, eh?!

By: scarlet wilson

scarlet wilson — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:29:14 +0000

Jackie I love this post! I love the thought of Chuck Norris kicking fear’s butt!
I also think it’s about writing from the heart and writing the story you want to tell, instead of the story you think people want to read. Loving your daughter’s comment. Kids are the best amd much more insightful than adults – maybe that’s another lesson we need to learn. Keep writing Jax!

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 06:23:15 +0000

Kaily – ooooh, I like that one! I might stick that up by my monitor. I’m a TERRIBLE overthinker so that’s a pretty awesome reminder. Thanks!

Kerrin – Actually, I’m not sure I was forcing the stories into a box so much as forcing the conflict to fit the story and the characters I created and then overthinking. Sigh. 🙂

Rach – yeah, like she EVER writes quietly and carefully! Well m’dear, I think you need not fear too much these days huh? 🙂

By: Rachael Johns

Rachael Johns — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 03:08:21 +0000

Banish that fear! It’s a hard thing to do but I’m right there alongside you trying to vanquish it too 🙂 And lol on your daughter!!! If only they’d give us some peace to write quietly!

By: Kerrin

Kerrin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:36:36 +0000

yay, good for you!
Writing for myself has been my goal for a while. And i prefer how they read when i've written them for me, rather than getting the story to fit in a box.
Go for it!!!

By: Kaily Hart

Kaily Hart — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:17:11 +0000

Glad to see you’re ‘back’ :). Yep. Fear can really suck the creativity right out of you. I’m always telling myself ‘don’t think, feel. And then write it’. Seems to have worked so far. Sounds like fear should put it’s tail between it’s legs and run!