Writing anxiety

Causes

• Faced with the pressures of getting good grades at school, college, or university.
• Having to adapt and learn a new writing style.
• Tight deadlines or no deadlines.
• Not understanding the writing task.

  Managing Writing Anxiety

• Asking for assistance from a teacher, a writing group, a friend or family member about the assignment can help understand the assignment and give a direction of which writing style and format is appropriate for the task.
• Practice writing. it is a skill that can learned and taught, given the support and guidance from teacher, lecturers and professors.
• Have a plan of what to write out. Work out what to say, what feelings to convey to the reader, how to reach the end goal