Steve Almond NYT Bestselling Author on Imposter Syndrome and Writing for Your Life

Dare to Be Great, Dare to Be You Hosted by Shawn Langwell

In this episode I chat with NYT Bestselling Author Steve Almond on Imposter Syndrome and Writing for Your Life

He will also be a featured presenter at the Redwood Branch of The California Writers Club on July 20, 2024.

CWC Members and non members can register here https://www.redwoodwriters.org/, to see Steve in-person or listen to a recording of his talk a week after the event.

Steve Almond, author of Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow, will discuss the emotional struggles that we bring to our writing, everything from the anxiety of exposure to the crippling doubts that drive us into writer’s block—without judgment or platitudes. No question is off limits: Can I tell the truth about my abusive parent? Is it wrong to be jealous of a famous friend? What if I’m just not good enough? At the center of our discussion is radical question: Is it possible to view moments, and even eras, of creative doubt as necessary and even essential to our artistic growth? How can we move from anxiety and self-loathing to a posture of forgiveness and curiosity.

Register for this event here: How to Conquer Writer’s Block, Ego Need, Envy and the Other Evil Voices Inside You

About The Featured Speaker at Redwood Writers:

Steve Almond is the author of twelve books of fiction and non-fiction, including the New York Times Bestsellers Candyfreak and Against Football. His first
novel, Which Brings Me to You, was made into a movie that is streaming on Amazon and Hulu. His second novel, All the Secrets of the World is being developed for television by 20th Century Fox. His new book, Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow is a book about the craft of writing, the meaning of stories, and the emotional and psychological struggles we face in telling our stories.

Find him at stevealmondjoy.org.