6 Simple Ways to Build Creative Confidence

Doing creative work requires some semblance of confidence, whether to help get you started, or to keep you going. Without confidence, you can run into problems like writer's block, imposter syndrome, and overall fear and anxiety about your work... When you feel confident in your own work, other people will feel more confident about it, too.

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Why We’re All a Little Scared of Success (But Need to Act Anyway)

We here at Capturing Your confidence have been afraid, especially in our writing lives. We’ve been the ones who were afraid people wouldn’t like our writing...The only difference between us and anyone else is that we didn’t let those fears hold us back. And you don’t have to either! We’re not promising that fear will go away... But you can move forward anyway. Here's how.

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Start Showing - Not Telling - with this Unique Writing Tool

As a writer, there are many responsibilities to think about to make sure that my work is the best it can be, so it’s nice to be able to use tools to make them a little less intimidating...One tool I’ve recently discovered that’s extremely useful for editing is The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Expression by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi.

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6 Steps for Growing Your Business Using LinkedIn

I’ll be the first one to say: I’m not super into social media...but social media can be fabulous for business both for networking and finding clients. My *favorite* social media, if you can even call it that, is LinkedIn. More than 75% of our clients come from LinkedIn! So when I say it’s helpful, I mean you can make connections AND money, which is kind of the ideal for business, right?

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