Writerly Insecurities

[only_more_love]

Not much time to post right now, but I wanted to jot down some thoughts while they were fresh in my mind. I wrote and posted Why I Write:  A Personal Statement because I knew there would be moments like this--when I would look at my writing and think:

1.  Who the hell am I kidding?  I have no idea what I'm doing.
2.  It's pedestrian, derivative, boring, and just plain bad. 
3.  There's so much I have to learn; I don't even know if I'm capable of learning it. 
4.  What if I just don't have anything meaningful to say?

Sometimes I think I am my own worst enemy.

Comments

[freevortex.livejournal.com]

Hey! Now you're just being mean to yourself. You are made of awesomeness. The way you play your characters perfectly and make them seem like real people makes me keep coming back for more and more fic. If you think you are *bad* at writing, then we must all think that we are *bad* at living, or breathing, or making our hearts beat or.... something. :D