Who's Really Behind The Voice That's Blocking You?

Sometimes it's an internal voice. Sometimes it's an actual voice, literally telling you to stop. Weirdly, the first one is harder to manage.

Who cares what I have to say? Who am I to write a personal essay/memoir/novel? Why would I even try this? Who do I think I am?

I hear this sort of thing a lot from writers and would-be writers. Who cares about my story? I’m nobody, says an accomplished woman writing a brilliant, sexy memoir. She’s an incredibly smart and funny writer with a fascinating s…