03-10-2016, 10:29 AM
(03-10-2016, 08:33 AM)ellajam Wrote:Good fun is always preceded by a healthy dose of fear.(03-10-2016, 08:18 AM)milo Wrote:What about the fun of learning, and if eventually you see some improvement the satisfaction in that, in crafting a poem you wouldn't have been capable of a year before.(03-10-2016, 08:14 AM)rowens Wrote: I didn't bring up Pascal just for piss and giggles. I'm talking how serious this is on the Internet. I have friends who are afraid to post on this site, questioning legitimacy. Theirs. They're afraid to be let down.And who wouldn't be a bit scared?
I used to be the fastest runner in the world
Til the day I found a stop watch.
I revel in my ignorance, I don't know too much about too much, but that gives me a big field to grow in. Thinking of it that way I can understand Leanne's dilemma, maybe she knows too much. But I still don't get why most writers would be scared to go someplace where people expected them to grow.

