{"id":2553,"date":"2016-04-07T14:52:36","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T14:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/?p=2553"},"modified":"2016-04-07T14:52:36","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T14:52:36","slug":"f-freaking-atozchallenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/f-freaking-atozchallenge\/","title":{"rendered":"F Is For Freaking Out #atozchallenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>F Is For Freaking Out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2501\" src=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"A to Z April Blogging Challenge 2016\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/unnamed.jpg 230w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/unnamed-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I freak out regularly. Not at people. But quietly and consistently over every single aspect to do with being a writer. The crap I tell myself, you wouldn&#8217;t believe. That thing that Robert de Niro said at the Oscars that one time?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2555\" src=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/writing-6-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"writing\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/writing-6-300x179.jpg 300w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/writing-6-768x459.jpg 768w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/writing-6-500x300.jpg 500w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/writing-6.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So true. Whoever writers the stuff actors say when presenting awards is pretty intuitive.<\/p>\n<p>Challenging myself means taking chances. Taking a chance means I&#8217;m acknowledging an idea. And great idea will involve risk and stepping outside of my comfort zone. But what was it Fred Devito said? <em>If it doesn&#8217;t challenge you, it doesn&#8217;t change you. <\/em>That&#8217;s my writing mantra for this year.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m one of those human beings that is anxious a lot of the time. In varying degrees. All over the place. Across the board. I still mange to get things done. Even if some days it&#8217;s at a snail&#8217;s pace. I persist. I&#8217;m stubborn. I&#8217;m fragile. I fail. I try again. I learn something. I experiment. I conquer. I start all over again. Some of the steps of my daily dance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2556\" src=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/writing-7-141x300.jpg\" alt=\"writing\" width=\"141\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/writing-7-141x300.jpg 141w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/writing-7-481x1024.jpg 481w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/writing-7.jpg 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.a-to-zchallenge.com\/p\/a-z-challenge-sign-up-list-2016.html\">You can find other bloggers doing their thing here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you welcome the fear? Dance with it even?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>F Is For Freaking Out I freak out regularly. Not at people. But quietly and consistently over every single aspect to do with being a writer. 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