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Don’t let self-doubt kill your writing ambition

Jack London, an American author, once said, ‘You cannot wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.’ I know you have been reading this column, getting excited and saying I should do this; I should be writing.

The question is, when will you start writing? If you already have, when will you take that manuscript to the editor? Why have you been postponing? Have you ever realized the obstacle to your progress could be you?

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