Writing is Scary

Like, I'm talking legitimately terrifying here.

I have a story idea. It's all ready to go. I'm prepared to write it. Except I keep procrastinating and worrying and "researching". I have a very good idea of what I'm going to do with the story, and all the research on synesthesia and music terminology that my brain suddenly thinks I need to do is probably not going to change anything, but I'm doing it anyway because I'm scared to write.

I don't even know what the most scary part here is - I'm about equally scared of 1) not managing to write the story the way I want it to come out, 2) someone actually reading it and/or giving feedback of any kind, and 3) writing the description. Despite the fact that I can't draw for the life of me, that's not a scary part because I expect to do art badly so I was prepared to either get someone to draw it for me or do my best to Photoshop something halfway related to the story. What there is of it. It's not so much a big plotted thing as it is just "a thing that happened". I really don't know what I'm doing, but I suppose there could be worse fandoms to start trying to write stuff for. This seems like a pretty tolerant group of people.

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On an unrelated note, I still want there to be a story in which Rainbow Dash either meets, secretly is, or has a rap battle with René Descartes. This Blog Post never stopped being a thing, I just don't have much reason to bring up the topic. If I weren't currently a semi-poor college student I would offer to pay someone to write this, if I/they/we could come up with a sufficiently insane plot. But I am, so it will remain just a random thought.

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[gamexpert1990]

I don't even know what the most scary part here is - I'm about equally scared of 1) not managing to write the story the way I want it to come out, 2) someone actually reading it and/or giving feedback of any kind, and 3) writing the description.

Believe me, I know how you feel about 1) and 3)... That's pretty much the reason the only things I've managed to write so far are a couple hundred words at most. 2) is something I personally look forward to, however.

Despite the fact that I can't draw for the life of me, that's not a scary part because I expect to do art badly so I was prepared to either get someone to draw it for me or do my best to Photoshop something halfway related to the story.

I can't draw to save my own life, either. Luckily, this is a group that exists:
Art for Fanfiction

It's not so much a big plotted thing as it is just "a thing that happened". I really don't know what I'm doing, but I suppose there could be worse fandoms to start trying to write stuff for.

Again, I pretty much know exactly how you feel...