By skyforbes 
One question that turned fear into my greatest writing tool.
I used to care too much about sounding smart when writing my stories here.
When I started writing on this platform, I thought good pieces needed to be polished effectively, with perfect words.
I fixed every sentence; I made every paragraph neat.
But the more I tried to be a “real writer,” the more my stories lost my honest voice.
Readers didn’t care because I hid the truth. I protected myself from being truly seen.
I was protecting myself from sharing anything real.
One day writing my article, I quit this habit of sounding perfect. I opened ChatGPT and asked a question that flipped my writing on its head.
That single prompt transformed my fear into my most powerful tool. It made me vulnerable, which is why my stories finally hit big.
Here’s that simple question and the huge lesson I got from it.
The One Question That Changed Everything for Me.
I didn’t plan it. I just gave this prompt:
“What secret story am I holding back from…