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Scenario

How imagined rejection prevents real submission

I want to submit to literary magazines but I keep imagining the rejection letters and feeling pre-emptively humiliated

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Anticipatory shame about possible failure creates actual failure by preventing the very attempts that could lead to success.

Your guide for this
Mura
Mura works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The fear of beginning?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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