overcoming struggles with writing

By den_7 · Jul 1, 2016 · 549 · 1
  1. It can be hard to write sometimes when you have nearly no experiences. There’s not much for me to say about myself. There’s not much for me to know about myself. What can I say? That I just want to be good at something. That I want to know I’m good at something, and that the only way for me to know is to have strangers praise me? Is that it? Is that me? My identity is actually dependent on the opinions of complete strangers. That explains why I’m going so fucking insane. Waiting for the recognition of others will always leave me unsatisfied and empty, because I can always do better and there will always be people doing better than me. I won’t be satisfied with myself ever, if I keep living like this. I should be able to define myself without other peoples’ opinions, and I shouldn’t even need to define myself. I should be able to do things not because they define me and not because other people think I do them well, but because I enjoy it. That’s what writing should be. It should be speaking freely without any restraint based off of who is going to read it, including myself. I can put together the most badly worded sentences with the dullest ideas. I probably do. And that’s okay. As long as I keep going and keep improving. It’s okay if I stop, but afterwards I must start again. The only thing that matters is that I keep going.

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  1. obsidian_cicatrix
    I think the majority of us would admit to feeling as you do at some point. I know I did. I'll tell you this though... no amount of folks saying nice things helps. It matters what you think. I think that, somewhere down the line, you'll find yourself as a writer and once that happens, it won't matter what other folks think or, at least, not so much. When writing for the masses, some thought needs to be given as to their wants and expectations, but maybe not to the point where you have to utterly compromise the kind of writer you are.

    As for your experiences, what does that matter in the grand scheme of things? My point is that, whatever you have experienced in life, those experiences belonged to you and you alone. No one has the perspective of any given event that you do. That makes you a special snowflake, even if you can't see it yourself. ;)

    And yes... keep going. Don't let your doubts win the day.
    obsidian_cicatrix, Jul 1, 2016
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