Ever felt like this?

[ellajam]

And who wouldn't be a bit scared?
I used to be the fastest runner in the world
Til the day I found a stop watch.

What about the fun of learning, and if eventually you see some improvement the satisfaction in that, in crafting a poem you wouldn't have been capable of a year before.

I revel in my ignorance, I don't know too much about too much, but that gives me a big field to grow in. Thinking of it that way I can understand Leanne's dilemma, maybe she knows too much. But I still don't get why most writers would be scared to go someplace where people expected them to grow.

Good fun is always preceded by a healthy dose of fear.

Not always, sometimes being relaxed enough to find everything amusing does the trick.