Unread Story is a Broken Dream!

Today I would like to talk to you about the most exciting and at
the same time scariest moment. That is the moment when what
you’ve been working on for a while is put out to the word.


Many of my guests have mentioned that the biggest challenge that
writers are facing is hitting the publish button.


Many writers complete their work and stop there. There are so
many amazing stories hidden somewhere in someone’s computer
folder or in someone’s drawer.


What makes publishing a book so scary? I can tell my personal
opinion. I think that what keeps most of us from putting
ourselves out there is the fear of failure. We are afraid to fail
publicly. We are afraid that the book won’t be liked, that the
book will get bad reviews. We are terrified that people will be
asking “so how is your book doing?” and we’ll have to admit that
it is not selling…


Besides the emotional pressure we are having with ourselves, by
putting our work out there we are putting ourselves in a
situation where we also have to deal with others. By publishing
our work we kind of give permission to people to read it and
later publicly share their opinion about it. The opinion, which
can’t be predicted in advance. The opinion which can’t be
silenced if it’s not what you hoped for.


So, does it mean that those who hide their writings are right?
Well… I don’t think so.


Because along with all the things I said there is another side to
this.


What if your book helps someone? What if your book inspires
people? What if people need to get the message you’ve shared in
the book? What if your writing will help someone escape the
reality, forget their problems and re-live the lives of your
characters? What if people will actually like it and the book
does well?


You know what?


You will never know what will actually happen unless you publish.


So you have 2 choices. Either keep that writing to yourself and
keep dreaming seeing your name on book’s cover knowing that the
dream will never come true… or collect all the courage you have,
take the risk and hit that publish button.


I know it’s hard. I know that you have to get out of your comfort
zone for that and that taking risks is scary… But I also know
that nothing amazing in life happens until you leave that comfort
zone of yours behind.


I know that it is very difficult…


At the same time I believe that an unread story is a broken
dream.


Unread story is a broken dream


I know what I’m talking about because I’ve been there. I had
different notebooks and word documents hidden far away. I’ve been
their only reader and they felt lonely and neglected because of
that.


None of the books wants to be read only by its author.


Maybe you are not ready to publish your book because you think
it’s not good enough? Well, let me tell you something. None of
the good writers are ever completely satisfied with their
writing. They all think that it could have been written better.
And that’s ok… No one’s first book has been perfect. But if not
that first book… we would never have read author’s second, third
and fourth books either.


When I was launching this podcast my biggest fear was that no one
would listen to me. Well if I listened to that fear and did not
launch - no one would listen to me for sure… but you’re listening
to me now right? Which kind of proves my point. Just don’t let
the fear stop you. Go ahead and try and you’ll be surprised how
wrong you were to feel scared.


So ask yourself now…


Do you have a story that you want to...