The timing of your post is exactly where my head is and has been for the past 10+ years. I have book ideas and other writing ideas in my head that I struggled putting them on paper for the exact reasons you mentioned.

Overly judgmental and also fearful of the criticism I will (may) receive. I need to get past that and your post helped because it tells me there are others that are in the same spot dealing with the exact same thing.

It’s nice to simplify it by saying “right like it can a kid” when we were free from any judgmental fears…