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Safety in Numbers
We are at the end of a year that included a lot of real-life scary news. Some of the news were true, some were a little true, some were dire predictions that had no basis in reality, and some were so extremely true that we wished they weren't. One thing that absolutely has a basis in reality is the fear every writer has before showing a new piece of writing.
Will they like it?
Will they loathe it?
Will they even take a look at all?
Will they judge me?
The answer is "Yes to all."
Each time you let someone see your writing, you are baring a piece of your innermost thoughts. You are giving someone who is outside of you an open window into your insides. If you are scared, then I want to tell you that you are rightfully scared. If you don't feel anything about your writing. If you are not sweating bullets whether anyone else likes it. If you are not fully invested with all you've got ... why should anyone else be?
Here on Writing.Com, we have many options to work through that fear. Show your writing by entering into contests. You will at least get some sort of reply from the contest host. Show your writing through activities that require mutual reviews. You will learn a lot about yourself and others. In 2022, give writing & reviewing/commenting activities a try. You might come out less scared after a while.
Or not. 
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I received these replies to my last Horror/Scary newsletter "Urban Legends" with the question: What is the scariest urban legend you ever heard? or told?
s  wrote: While urban legends can be a great source of horror tropes, most have become clichés by now. Hook-hand, grandma on the roof rack, real dead body Halloween decoration (happened in actuality once that has been confirmed), are some of the oldest; Bloody Mary, Slenderman, Sirenhead are all Internet ones that can be traced back to the original websites. Over-used and would need something really special to make them different and readable. Sorry. Urban legends are great for a camp-fire, but have been done to death otherwise.
Alex Morgan wrote: One of the creepiest urban legends is the girl who comes home late at night and doesn't turn on the lights for fear of waking up her roommate. When she wakes up the next morning, she finds her roommate murdered and a message on the mirror: "Aren't you glad you didn't turn on the lights?"
Detective wrote: I'm not sure if I'd call it the scariest urban legend I've ever heard but the killer in the backseat urban legend has always stuck out in my head.
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Horror/Scary: December 29, 2021 Issue [#11142]
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