{"id":871474,"date":"2026-01-13T12:43:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/?p=871474"},"modified":"2026-01-13T12:43:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:43:37","slug":"impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/","title":{"rendered":"Impostor syndrome, self-doubt and the alchemy of belonging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So\u2026 perhaps you are thinking about enrolling on a Jericho Writers course – the Ultimate Novel Writing Programme<\/a>, for example. You\u2019re considering how the logistics would work, realising you can make it all happen and starting to get excited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But then something disconcerting happens: you hear a whisper that won\u2019t disappear. You may have met it before – in writing or in your life more broadly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who am I to do this?
What if everyone else is more talented, more educated, more real than me?
What if they find out I don\u2019t belong here at all?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That voice is familiar to every writer I\u2019ve ever taught or mentored, and it is one that I hear too. It\u2019s part of what we term impostor syndrome.<\/em> It\u2019s the fog that rolls in precisely when you dare to make something new. And often, that voice doesn\u2019t even belong to you. It comes in borrowed tones: an unsupportive friend, a disbelieving parent, a teacher who once said you\u2019d ‘never make it.’ Perhaps it\u2019s the lingering weight of class and education \u2014 the sense that stories are for other people, those who went to different schools, read the right books, had the right accent. We cannot deny that structural inequality is a thing, and deeply impactful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first lesson you must learn is this: those voices may live in your head, but they were put there by someone else. You can thank them for their contribution, and then quietly show them the door. Here are some suggestions for how you might go about it, drawn from my first teaching book, The Alchemy<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Name the impostor (and its chorus)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you hear, You\u2019re not really a writer<\/em>, address the source of that claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ah, impostor. There you are.<\/em> It loses power when you shine a light on it. Then listen closely \u2014 whose tone is that? Your old boss? A teacher\u2019s clipped remark? An entire cultural system that teaches some people art is a luxury rather than a right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAH!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you know the owner of the voice, you can answer it. Because imposter syndrome is rarely born of arrogance or delusion; it\u2019s often the bruised echo of exclusion. Naming the chorus that sings inside your head is the first step toward writing in your own voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The function of self-doubt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am wary of anyone who claims never to feel self-doubt. Doubt, after all, is not proof of weakness; it\u2019s a sign of thinking. It\u2019s what intelligent, creative people do when they look at the vastness of what they don\u2019t yet know. It\u2019s the mind taking stock, the imagination testing its own boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Self-doubt, in moderation, is a function of intellect and creativity. It keeps you curious. It stops you from becoming complacent. But \u2014 here\u2019s the danger \u2014 it can turn carnivorous if you feed it too much. Don\u2019t let it eat you up. Doubt should prod you into refinement, not paralysis. It\u2019s the small flame that sharpens your awareness, not the wildfire that consumes the whole forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So when you feel uncertain, don\u2019t panic. It may mean you\u2019re growing. Just don\u2019t let that alertness harden into self-hatred. You can hold the doubt lightly, examine it, even write it into your work, but you needn\u2019t obey it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I am on this point, whatever happens in your writing and publishing life, guard against bitterness; the bitterness that can come from disappointment. Bitterness is entirely corrosive: of relationships, creativity and joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Progress over perfection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The impostor\u2019s favourite weapon is perfectionism. It tells you, If it\u2019s not brilliant, it\u2019s worthless.<\/em> But that\u2019s an impossible standard, and it kills creativity. In The Alchemy<\/em>, I talk about gentle productivity<\/strong>: measuring progress by compassion, not punishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ask yourself each day: What can I do gently today?<\/em> Maybe it\u2019s fifty words. Maybe it\u2019s rereading a paragraph. Maybe it\u2019s rest. Small acts accumulate. Writing a novel is an endurance event made of many tiny mercies. You don\u2019t need to be magnificent; you need to persist. (Although do try to be magnificent!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Educational ghosts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many of us carry the ghosts of our schooling. The red-pen humiliation. The essay returned with ‘You don\u2019t understand’ scrawled across it. (I always mark in green, by the way!) The implication that writing belongs to cleverer, posher, more literary people. If your education was patchy, or practical, or stopped too soon, you might still feel that someone else has the key to a room you\u2019re locked out of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But you\u2019re not outside the room \u2014 you\u2019re building your own<\/em>. I might argue that the books which changed literature were written by people who didn\u2019t fit the mould. The rough edges of your experience will become the texture of your prose. You don\u2019t need to write like the canon; you need to write like yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When those ghosts start muttering ‘Not for the likes of you’, remember: they are history. You are the living, present tense. Do also remember that, even if you are lucky enough to have a loving family about you, if this is something you are becoming, and if you have done something visibly clever, it\u2019s possible that your family, friends and acquaintances will still think you\u2019re a bit of a twit. Often, we get swatted back to our earliest pathology and to the role that, often unwittingly, groups of people have assigned to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a bit like Christmas with your family, I always say. Nod politely. WE know the truth, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evidence file<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Keep an evidence file<\/strong>. Each time you show up to write, note it down. Each time you finish a scene, ask a good question in a workshop, or receive a kind word from a reader, write that down too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the impostor chorus gets loud, open the file. Look at what you\u2019ve done. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s messy or partial. The point is to prove to yourself that you are here, doing the work. Facts are stronger than feelings, and seeing your own persistence in black and white can be the best antidote to doubt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comparison: the false arithmetic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On a course, it\u2019s easy to look sideways. Someone\u2019s writing glows; someone\u2019s structure looks tidy; someone already has an agent. The impostor feeds on this. But comparison is a false arithmetic. You are not on the same timetable as anyone else. Some of you are writing in stolen moments before dawn; others after the kids are in bed. Some have studied literature; others have lived it. All of it is valid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your only reliable measure is this: Did I attend to my own work today?<\/em> That\u2019s the only question that matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Talk about it. Say, ‘I feel like a fraud.’ Watch the nods around you. Everyone does, even those who seem most secure. The silence around impostor syndrome is what gives it teeth. When you share your doubt, you build community \u2014 and community softens the fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tell my students: the most important conversations aren\u2019t always about technique. They\u2019re about resilience, about how to keep faith with the work when your head fills with noise. Every time you speak honestly about that noise, you make the space safer for someone else. It\u2019s like passing on the baton and why I have been very open about my difficult background and, as far as I can, the complexity and challenges of my roles now, which include complex needs in my immediate family and coping with chronic illness (which is not to say that everyone must do this; some people do not feel safe so doing and that is fine).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, it\u2019s important to distinguish publishing from writing. You can attend to your writing but, although it can be different if you are self-publishing and good at the business side, there is little of the publication side of things which you can control. If you can strengthen self-regard and nurse the sense that you have done a bold thing and the best work you can do, the situation will be easier for you to manage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The alchemy of belonging<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gentle productivity says this: you don\u2019t have to earn<\/em> your belonging. You already belong, because you are here, doing the work. Self-doubt, impostor feelings, the internalised voices of class or family or fear \u2014 these are part of the creative landscape, not proof of your fraudulence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may never silence them completely. Few of us do. But you can learn to write alongside them. You can make a kind of peace. You can even turn them into fuel \u2014 the friction that sparks empathy, complexity, tenderness in your prose. It took me some time to grasp this, but now it underpins everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the alchemy<\/em>: transforming doubt into story, anxiety into attention, fear into the persistence that finishes a book. So when you sit down tomorrow and that old chorus begins \u2014 your teacher, your parents, the inner critic, your dodgy ex-husband, that friend who\u2019s been a bit snarky \u2014 take a breath, smile, and start anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You belong here, writer. You always have. The trick is simply to keep writing until you believe it. We are all here to support you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’d like more encouragement from Anna, you can join her on this spring’s Ultimate Novel Writing Programme<\/a>. Fancy meeting her before you commit to taking the course? You can book a 20-minute Meet Your Tutor session<\/a> for just \u00a320, which is fully refundable against the cost of the Programme if you go on to study with us.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So\u2026 perhaps you are thinking about enrolling on a Jericho Writers course – the Ultimate Novel Writing Programme, for example. You\u2019re considering how the logistics would work, realising you can make it all happen and starting to get excited. But then something disconcerting happens: you hear a whisper that won\u2019t disappear. You may have met<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36332,"featured_media":690416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-871474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-novel-writing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJericho Writers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Impostor syndrome, self-doubt and the alchemy of belonging – Jericho Writers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"So\u2026 perhaps you are thinking about enrolling on a Jericho Writers course – the Ultimate Novel Writing Programme, for example. You\u2019re considering how the logistics would work, realising you can make it all happen and starting to get excited. But then something disconcerting happens: you hear a whisper that won\u2019t disappear. You may have met\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Jericho Writers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jerichowriters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-13T12:43:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-13T12:43:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Anna-Vaught-headshot-square.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laura Starkey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@JerichoWriters\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@JerichoWriters\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laura Starkey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laura Starkey\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2785be7530398342b88e3c365487f0d3\"},\"headline\":\"Impostor syndrome, self-doubt and the alchemy of belonging\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-13T12:43:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-13T12:43:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/\"},\"wordCount\":1633,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Anna-Vaught-headshot-square.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Novel writing\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/\",\"name\":\"Impostor syndrome, self-doubt and the alchemy of belonging – Jericho Writers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Anna-Vaught-headshot-square.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-13T12:43:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-13T12:43:37+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Anna-Vaught-headshot-square.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Anna-Vaught-headshot-square.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":750},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Impostor syndrome, self-doubt and the alchemy of belonging\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/\",\"name\":\"Jericho Writers\",\"description\":\"Getting you published\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Jericho Writers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-footer-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-footer-logo.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Jericho Writers\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jerichowriters\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/JerichoWriters\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jerichowriters\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/jericho-writers\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCcs1qhjwLR6bQYDR2x3PbOw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2785be7530398342b88e3c365487f0d3\",\"name\":\"Laura Starkey\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/a3f135617747d50e5951017f7ef37e57.jpg?ver=1776949816\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/a3f135617747d50e5951017f7ef37e57.jpg?ver=1776949816\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/a3f135617747d50e5951017f7ef37e57.jpg?ver=1776949816\",\"caption\":\"Laura Starkey\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/author\/l-starkeyjerichowriters-com\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jericho Writers","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Impostor syndrome, self-doubt and the alchemy of belonging – Jericho Writers","og_description":"So\u2026 perhaps you are thinking about enrolling on a Jericho Writers course – the Ultimate Novel Writing Programme, for example. You\u2019re considering how the logistics would work, realising you can make it all happen and starting to get excited. But then something disconcerting happens: you hear a whisper that won\u2019t disappear. You may have met","og_url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/","og_site_name":"Jericho Writers","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jerichowriters","article_published_time":"2026-01-13T12:43:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-13T12:43:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":750,"url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Anna-Vaught-headshot-square.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Laura Starkey","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@JerichoWriters","twitter_site":"@JerichoWriters","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Laura Starkey","Estimated reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/"},"author":{"name":"Laura Starkey","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2785be7530398342b88e3c365487f0d3"},"headline":"Impostor syndrome, self-doubt and the alchemy of belonging","datePublished":"2026-01-13T12:43:32+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-13T12:43:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/"},"wordCount":1633,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Anna-Vaught-headshot-square.jpg","articleSection":["Novel writing"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/","url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/","name":"Impostor syndrome, self-doubt and the alchemy of belonging – Jericho Writers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Anna-Vaught-headshot-square.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-13T12:43:32+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-13T12:43:37+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Anna-Vaught-headshot-square.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Anna-Vaught-headshot-square.jpg","width":750,"height":750},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/impostor-syndrome-self-doubt-and-the-alchemy-of-belonging\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Impostor syndrome, self-doubt and the alchemy of belonging"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/","name":"Jericho Writers","description":"Getting you published","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#organization","name":"Jericho Writers","url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-footer-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-footer-logo.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Jericho Writers"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jerichowriters","https:\/\/x.com\/JerichoWriters","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jerichowriters\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/jericho-writers\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCcs1qhjwLR6bQYDR2x3PbOw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2785be7530398342b88e3c365487f0d3","name":"Laura Starkey","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/a3f135617747d50e5951017f7ef37e57.jpg?ver=1776949816","url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/a3f135617747d50e5951017f7ef37e57.jpg?ver=1776949816","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/a3f135617747d50e5951017f7ef37e57.jpg?ver=1776949816","caption":"Laura Starkey"},"url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/author\/l-starkeyjerichowriters-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871474"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":871477,"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871474\/revisions\/871477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}