can reframe those fears to help you. You may not have every one of the six I list below, but chances are you will deal with at least four at some point in the process. [In the next chapter, I will show you a specific set of tactics for how to deal with the fears you face as you write, so you can finish your book.] FEAR: “I DON’T HAVE A BOOK IN ME.” ALTERNATE EXPRESSIONS OF THIS FEAR: • “I’m afraid there’s no book in me.” • “I’m afraid I don’t have anything to say.” • “What if I’m not an author?” • “Who am I to write a book?” HOW THIS FEAR WILL IMPACT YOUR BOOK It’s very common for an author to be afraid that they don’t have the knowledge in them to write a book. Or even worse, that they don’t deserve to be an author. For most people, this is a version of what’s referred to as Imposter Syndrome. Imposter Syndrome is when someone—even a very accomplished person with a lot of experience and credentials—believes they don’t actually know what everyone thinks they know. They believe their ideas are either wrong or invalid, or that everyone already knows what they know. People with Imposter Syndrome have this idea in their heads that everyone else has it figured out, but they are the imposter. In the most extreme cases, Imposter Syndrome is when authors feel that their book will expose them as frauds or as fakers. 26 · ThE SCriBE METhOD