
No matter what your age, education or profession, staring at a blank page or blinking cursor can send fear to the heart of even the most experienced writer. Like many forms of anxiety, writing anxiety is often based on a fear of the process of writing or how the outcome of that process will be scrutinized by someone else. “Students and professional writers alike suffer anxiety about their writing,” explains Dr. Sheri McCord, Writing Center Coordinator at Logan University. “It’s only human to fear our words may be judged or may not clearly communicate what we meant to say in …