Taking Risks

Are you a white or beige paint on the wall kind of person? Stick with neutral colors, not because they're your favorites or even what you really like but because they're safer than say...red or green. Safer than taking a risk.

What if you take a chance on a different color? What's the worst that could happen? You won't like it and you'll have to paint it again. Time consuming? You bet, but until you take a risk you'll be stuck with the same old, same old.

The same thing could be said of writing. Do you write safe? What you think might sell? Do you write while automatically censoring your words? "Good grief, what would my aunt/uncle/father/mother/sister/brother/long lost cousin twice removed think if I wrote what I really thought/felt/wanted to?"

What holds you back? What are you afraid of?

Until you write no holds barred it'll never completely be YOU writing that manuscript.