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Here's a little about Shayan Murphy 👇

- ✍️ Immigrant writer living in China
- 🎓 Master's degree in Creative Writing
- 🕰️ 25+ years of writing experience
- 💔 Emotionally intense, genre-blending stories
- 🖤 Loves dark magic, impossible choices & unforgettable characters
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A Fear of the Blank Page

I’ve been writing for more than 25 years ✍️ and I’ve written a lot.
But every time I sit down to start a new chapter, I feel an irrational fear 😖

What if I can’t write it as well as the previous one?
What if I can’t put the idea into words in a way that really hits — and instead it comes out flat and empty?

Every time, I manage to push through 💪
That’s what fear of the blank page looks like for me.

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Published on November 08, 2025 00:54 Tags: authorslife-blankpage
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