A Feeling of Inadequacy · 11:59am Dec 22nd, 2017
I've been on this site since the 8th of February, 2014, and I've been writing fanfiction for close to a decade now, since early 2010 I believe.
And while I know I shouldn't care as long as I'm having fun, I feel as if my writing isn't good enough, as I'm led to believe. I've had a couple of people tell me my work has inspired them to write, I've been told my writing is actually really good, but lately I feel as though my writing isn't really all that great.
Granted, it's the holiday season and a lot of people tend to feel rather down. And of course, many creators feel this way, feeling as though their work is meaningless or isn't as good as their fans tell them it is.
It's also a very simple solution, just practice some more and try to paint scenes better, work on the dialogue and focus more on certain aspects. That's easy right?
I dunno... I'm probably just thinking too much into it and being silly I suppose.
Don't compare yourself to other writers and their works, is one rule every writer should remember. And it's one I do try to remember. I also tell myself to have fun when writing, and to try and not have any regrets, that I'm writing stories to entertain the masses with the universes that swirl around in my mind like a typhoon of creativity.
I'm probably also just feeling old I guess. Which is dumb, because I'm only 22 years old, that's fucking young. But even so, spending so much time writing fanfiction, I can't help but wonder sometimes if my skill is as good as I'm told. Again, just practice, try new methods and so on, but that's hard for me.
My writing process is probably 10% planning and 90% pulling it all out of my ass mid writing process, and maybe I'll go back through it and touch up on it a little to make it look better.
Bah... if you've read this far you deserve a cookie or something 
Thanks for reading and I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and a very happy new years 
My writing is 100% pulling shit out of my ass.
7 =! 10, get your shit right
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl17CYYSzUw
and git gut casul
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Pfft, hehe, really now? Well then
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no u
cute pic for you
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I think that you are getting the feeling of Impostor Syndrome. You see all these people that you judge are way beyond you, and feel like you don't belong in the same category/event/location/etc.
Don't.
It can happen to anyone. You know it can because it happened to the first man to set foot on the moon.
It has happened to me, and it makes me feel worse since I'm aware that I can't judge myself to the standards of someone else's writing, since I'm conscious of just how different my thought process is from the average person. You are good in your way, others are good in their way, and we all sometimes feel like our way isn't as good as someone else's.
People enjoy what you write, and if you do, too, then what else is there to say?
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I am already gut, seven years does not equal a decade fuck you,
and your work is not good i can honestly tell you that you need to git gud, I don't, at least writing on story
We are all feeling like shit, old and like ded, get used to it, life is a bitch, fuck life, fuck everything ---> that is the reason to git gud until you can
look into eye of life and tell it to go and fuck himself
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You raise a very good point. I mean... as long as I enjoy my stuff and I bring others joy, that's what I try to do when I do end up posting a new story. I want to see a comment and see I made someone smile or feel something. Impostor Syndrome sounds about right, hehe... thanks for your comment
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Rood boi
;P Close to a decade, not right at, silly sun worshipper.
And I try doing that to life erryday fam
Don't feel down, your words are tasty.