Self Doubt · 9:28am Apr 2nd, 2014
The weird thing is I've constantly got ideas for various fics floating around my head; I'm thinking about a Supernatural/MLP crossover, a sequel to My Little Luna, my OC's backstory (which are largely frowned upon but I promised my friend whom drew my OC I would write at some point), and I got wind of some Season 5 spoilers and I wanted to take one of the ideas from there and write something hopefully original.
More to the point, I lack serious motivation, ideas, and overall talent to write anything remotely good.
When I was writing My Little Luna, I knew what I was going to write for that story but the capacity for long chapters just wasn't there at the time which is why they're only 1000-1500 words for the most part. Sure a lot of people enjoyed it, but the reason why it got so popular is because of the daily updates I was doing always put it in the "Recently Updated" section on the front page which draws a lot of attention.
I struggle with a few things as far as my writing prowess is concerned: Pacing, descriptiveness of environment, choice of words or choosing another word to better describe what's taking place, and ideas like I stated previously.
I know I wouldn't have had 58 followers if none of you liked my content, but it's a foreboding, lingering feeling/sense that I cannot shake that makes me not want to write because I don't think any other ideas I come up with will be good enough, and I lack the capability/resources/ideas to write then effectively.
Conclusion: I WANT to write, but I CAN'T :(
EDIT: I also don't have the time or patience to commit myself to write something long-term when I REALLY want to.
Stage Fright.
You shouldn't exactly write just because people want you to. And people's opinions shouldn't stop you FROM writing.
Now you grab yourself by the neck and do what you WANT to do, my good man!
And listen to this so you don't get discouraged: