A review by audrarussellwrites
The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear by Ralph Keyes

5.0

This book gets to the heart of fear and how we either use it as fuel to write or as an excuse not to write. Keyes talks about many successful authors and their daily routines and their fears. There are so many golden nuggets in this book, I photo copied them and pasted them on the wall in front of my writing desk.

So many points stuck with me but this one is closest to my heart: "In writing, as in so many pursuits, it's not the most gifted but the most determined who succeed." Keyes points out that many of the most renowned writers that we all know and love were not the most gifted, but they were the most driven.

This book is a great source of inspiration for those of us who are serious about our writing. Well worth the read.