Scriptodemonology #1...

What are the writer's demons? What are the things that stalk us, leeching our potential and dropping stumbling blocks in the path of our destiny?

1. Unconfidence

Description:
The chief destroyer. The one upon which many other demons depend for sustenance. Unconfidence in your work, in your vision, in your potential, in your talent. This is the basis for comments like, 'I can't write', 'Its just a little story', 'I could never show anyone my work', 'It just needs a little more work', and an infinity more. When the first cave painter (using male caveman arbitrarily) made his first drawings on the wall after a nice solid mammoth luncheon, it was born. It whispered in his ear, "ugh uggghus ghhfuu", or to paraphrase, "No one will like it. The chief will hit you with a stick. The women will reject you despite your strong odor. Hide it, destroy it." Maybe he listened. Maybe the first one to show anyone was the second or the hundredth. We'll never know now.

Powers:
Has the ability to sap energy and life directly. Enhances fear emotions to prevent action.

Vulnerabilities:
None, really.

Instructions for killing:
Impossible, only possible to suppress.


Jason

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