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You Are Not an Imposter

December 14, 2016 by Anne Janzer Leave a Comment

Neil Gaimon not really a storyteller? John Steinbeck not a writer? Tina Fey and Maya Angelou – totally faking it? Absurd as it sounds to you and me, everyone on that list has confessed to feeling like an imposter or fraud.  (Steinbeck wrote the words “I am not a writer” in his journals.) How could they […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Amy Cuddy, Imposter Phenomenon, imposter syndrome

Shut Your Monkey: A Book to Keep You Writing

May 26, 2016 by Anne Janzer Leave a Comment

Have you ever told yourself that you weren’t good enough to try something new or difficult? Do you put off writing that book because you doubt that you do anything worth reading? And even if you managed to complete something major, have you felt like an imposter? Often our biggest barriers are internal, and finding a path around them can be […]

Filed Under: Book reviews, Writing Tagged With: Books for writers, creativity, Danny Gregory, imposter syndrome, Seth Godin, Shut Your Monkey, Steven Pressfield, The War of Art, writing

Writing and the Imposter Syndrome

February 18, 2016 by Anne Janzer Leave a Comment

“I’m not a writer. I’ve been fooling myself and other people. I wish I were.” If you have ever had these thoughts, you’re in good company. These words appear in the journals of John Steinbeck. Yes, that Steinbeck – the one who won a Nobel Prize for literature. He wrote this journal entry in late summer of 1938, while he […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Carl Richards, imposter syndrome, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, Working Days, writing

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