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Re: Having to self-reference your own fic

[(Anonymous)]

OP -

"How did I ever manage to come up with that? I'm not that smart, I won't be able to maintain that level of quality in my writing."

Oh my gosh, yes. For some reason, people keep telling me they like my writing. And I'm like: "But I have no idea why! Oh no, people have expectations now... What if I can't maintain whatever it is they like? What if they think my ending is stupid? Ahhhh!"

Basically I am faking my way through being a writer, lol. I'm not one of these kids who have been writing since they were little and want to go to school for writing and dream of being a professional writer someday. ^_^;

Re: Having to self-reference your own fic

[(Anonymous)]

Are any of us, though?

Like, I know some professional writers who are still like "Is this okay? Maybe? I don't know why you like it so much..."

So I don't know if you ever click into feeling like a "Writer".

Re: Having to self-reference your own fic

[(Anonymous)]

Professional writer seconding this. Can't speak for anyone else, but I never really hit the point of being utterly confident in my own work--just learned to let go anyway.

Re: Having to self-reference your own fic

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT: I feel you, so completely.

I did try to write as a kid. (Protip: It was all terribly derivative and never went past the first chapter. So fanfiction isn't all that much of a stretch, particularly with a WIP that is completely defeating me.) I think I stopped wanting to be a writer when I grew up before I stopped wanting to be a detective. With a horse.

I did go to school for reading, but they stuck me in the same department as the writers (English, go fig), and all I could think was, "Wow, I do not have the same spark as they do." So, yeah, I can completely sympathize.

Still, doesn't mean our work is worthless, right? Right?