Even when I have to write a simple letter I'm scared stiff as if faced with looming seasickness.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It takes a lot of adrenaline and fear to make me actually write.
I've always dreaded the sea - in fact, I get terribly seasick.
I get really frightened easily.
Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write.
Well, I need to be frightened on a regular basis.
I'm only going to work now when I'm terrified.
Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder.
When I'm stuck in my writing, the world is amiss. If I'm eating a sandwich, it's an unsettled sandwich. If I'm in the shower, it's an incorrect shower. It's profoundly uncomfortable. But it's what keeps me pushing.
Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for jittery people.
I don't have the fear I won't be able to think of something else to write. It's what I do.