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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is literally me. I can't even write more than 3 sentences without saying "who the fuck do I think I am to even be writing!? This is not only terrible, but I'm some sort of pretentious douche that I think someone should read what I created!"

Comments don't count as writing to me apparently lol

[–] WolfyGamer29@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago

Me: Alright, time to get down the basics of my idea so I can flesh it out further once I've gotten the outline worked out!

Also me: I have been writing for ten minutes and this isn't on par with Shakespeare. Time to crawl in a whole and never write again.

[–] rgb3x3@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I literally always feel unmotivated when I read through first draft material. It sounds stupid in my head, sounds like I'm rambling, nothing makes sense, I'm a horrible writer.

So I just don't and I hate myself for it. I need to teach myself to just push through it and actually go through an editing process.

[–] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

it's the complete opposite for me. i just shit out some words and at some point it's good enough and i hit save and i never look at it ever again

granted i never write anything worth reading so that may be why