One of the things my writing teacher talked about was that each of us, at one time or another, has a "shadow artist". A shadow artist causes you to have the following core negative beliefs:I can't spellMy ideas are not good enoughI might end up aloneI do not deserve success (causing you to have a guilty feeling)I only have one good piece of work in me and what do I do after thisFear of successTherefore, to take care of this shadow artist, it is good practice to write these core negative beliefs in your "morning pages". This gets them out of the way so you can freely express yourself in your writing. I think one of the greatest fears we have is that we are not good enough writers and we hold ourselves back. Our "logic brain" is at work as a blocking device. We need to let our "artist brain" go to work instead. This is our "inventor": it allows us to think in shadings and patterns, make associations, it is free wheeling, it unifies and does not analyze.
