The Fear of Writing

I understand Derrida perfectly. I have always been a creative writer and every now and then I go into these sort of "writing moods" where I have an idea or concept that I just need to get on paper. It doesn't occur to me to wonder what other people might think about what I'm writing while I'm actually writing it; it's only when I finish it and reread it that I start to feel self-conscious about my ideas. And when I get self-conscious I get really self-conscious, I start to second guess everything, which is probably why most of the stuff I've written is currently stuffed in a folder somewhere...

I think people are afraid of putting there written ideas out for the world to see because they won't always be around to defend it. It's a bit of a one-sided conversation; you shout your ideas out to the world, but you won't necessarily get any responses. I guess in a way silence is what we're most afraid of, if what you say starts a conversation at least you'll know that someone was listening as opposed to completely ignoring you.