✍🏽 The Voices That Silence Your Pen…
If you’ve ever sat down to write and suddenly felt unqualified, unprepared, or unable to form a sentence, you’re not alone. Writers don’t just battle blank pages, we battle the voices behind the silence, and most of those voices don’t come from God.
They come from fear.
They come from comparison.
They come from perfectionism.
They come from old wounds that whisper, “Who are you to tell this story?”
But today, we’re naming them.
Today, we’re silencing them.
Today, we’re replacing every lie with truth.
Because you cannot write freely if your mind is bound tightly.
1. The Voice of Fear
Fear says:
“Nobody will care. You don’t have enough. You’re not enough.”
Fear is subtle.
It tightens your chest, slows your thoughts, and convinces you that writing requires perfection before obedience.
God already confronted that lie in His Word:
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear…” — 2 Timothy 1:7
If fear didn’t come from God,
it doesn’t get to guide your writing.
Truth to replace fear:
“My story is assigned.
My words carry purpose.
I write with God’s power, not my own strength.”
2. The Voice of Comparison
Comparison whispers:
“She writes better. He’s farther. Everyone else is ahead of you.”
Comparison is the thief of creativity.
It disconnects you from your unique voice and pushes you to mimic someone else’s calling.
God didn’t ask you to be another writer.
He asked you to be you , the one with the story only you can tell.
Truth to replace comparison:
“My voice is needed.
My journey is intentional.
I am equipped for the story God gave me.”
3. The Voice of Perfectionism
Perfection says:
“Delete that. Start over. It’s not good enough yet.”
This voice masquerades as excellence,
but really it’s procrastination dressed up with high standards.
Perfectionism keeps you editing instead of expressing.
It keeps you doubting instead of delivering.
It keeps you stuck instead of submitted.
But God isn’t looking for polished…
He’s looking for progress.
Truth to replace perfectionism:
“I release the need to be flawless.
I write with honesty, not pressure.
My first draft is allowed to be rough, raw and real.”
Affirmations for the Writer Who Wants to Break Free
Speak these out loud, and let them settle in your spirit:
My story carries healing, and I refuse to hide it.
I am a writer with purpose, authority, and clarity.
I silence fear and embrace boldness.
I write from identity, not insecurity.
My voice is needed in the earth.
I am not behind; I am becoming.
What God put in me, I will put on the page.
🙏🏽 A Prayer to Release Comparison
Father, I come before You as a writer You have called and equipped.
I release every thought that tells me I am not enough.
Silence the voices that do not come from You,
and strengthen the voice You placed within me.
Help me write with confidence, clarity, and courage.
Let my story be a reflection of Your grace.
I refuse comparison.
I refuse fear.
I refuse perfectionism.
I choose identity, purpose, and freedom.
In Jesus’ name, amen.
Your pen deserves to breathe.
Your voice deserves to rise.
And your story deserves to be written fully, boldly, unapologetically.
Write, not from fear…
but from truth.
With purpose & a ready pen,
Mia
