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Creative Risks are Terrifying. And Worth Taking.

Creative Risks are Terrifying. And Worth Taking.

Learning to live with the unknown

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Amy L Bernstein
Oct 01, 2024
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In the dream, I was berated by a panel of powerful people in the publishing world. I’d done something to anger them, not just once, but twice. I knew I’d be blackballed—and never taken seriously again as an author.

I woke from the dream at 3:00 am, my stomach lurching and riddled with dream-state shame.

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