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 […]
imposter syndrome
Shut Your Monkey: A Book to Keep You Writing
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 […]
Writing and the Imposter Syndrome
“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 […]
