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Overcoming self doubt as a writer
How?????

>> No.23126415
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23126415

chun and gief are facing the same direction

>> No.23126430

I WOULD LICK HER FEET UNTIL TIME ITSELF CAME TO AN END AND MY TONGUE WAS LIKE DRY DESERT SANDPAPER, I WOULD LICK HER FEET AFTER SHE HAS WORN WOOL SOCKS AND DOC MARTENS FOR 14 HOURS OF CONSTANT WALKING AND STANDING IN JULY, I WOULD SUCK HER ASS, I WOULD DUCT TAPE HER SNEAKER TO MY FACE AND RUN AS FAST AS I COULD FULL SPEED DOWN THE STREET COMPLETELY BLIND TO MY SURROUNDINGS, I WOULD LICK THE CLAMMY PART OF HER INNER THIGH, I WOULD LICK HER ARMPIT, I WOULD LICK UNDERNEATH HER BOOB WHERE HER BOOB AND CHEST SKIN TOUCH, I WOULD GO TO THE STORE AND GET HER A SNACK, I WOULD DEFEND HER FROM A PITBULL ATTACK, I WOULD SUCK HER BOBS, I WOULD BUY HER FLOWERS AND REMEMBER HER FAVORITE COLORS

>>23126415
WHAT THE FUCK

>> No.23126434

>>23126430
That’s a man, anon.

>> No.23126437
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>>23126430
awful day to understand english

>> No.23126472

>>23126437
>>23126434
No fr the self doubt is killing me

>> No.23126479

>>23126472
about your ability?

>> No.23126483

>>23126400
stop caring about writing.

>> No.23126485

>>23126479
Yes
I'll never be Keats or DFW or Pynchon
They're too good
I stuck at writing and I tell myself this every minute or two

>> No.23126503

>>23126485
I think a lot of it comes down to being at the right place at the right time. Sure, some people are born with natural creative talent and they can pump out content like a fucking assembly line, but I think a lot of it comes down to personal experiences. What can you draw from your life and put into your work? Lessons you learned? Hardships/trials you went through?
Also, how much do you read?

>> No.23126513

>>23126503
>What can you draw from your life and put into your work? Lessons you learned? Hardships/trials you went through?
A fair amount, I think. But that's not enough to write like Joyce, right?
>Also, how much do you read?
How much should I read

>> No.23126695

>>23126483
To get better at it? Counterintuitive

>> No.23126893

>>23126400
If you enjoy the act of writing then even if your work is shit it will be original and you can later look back at it like "yeah that was cool I guess"
If you don't enjoy it then idk, figure it out

>> No.23126911

>>23126485
If you write with the intention of trying to be "as good" as someone else, you'll always write shit. If you write with the intention of putting words on paper, you might eventually write something worth someone else's time. Simple as

don't judge a thing before you've even given yourself a chance to finish it. let future you worry about that

>> No.23127968

>>23126893
It's never good tho

>> No.23127970

>>23126400
Amphetamines

>> No.23128010

>>23127970
Literally just quit them today
5 years of use
Glad to finally be free

>> No.23128027

>>23128010
nice! congratulations, a new chapter!

>> No.23128400

>>23126400
beautiful feet

>> No.23128586

>>23126695
Being good at something has nothing to do with personal care or affection. Do something for 10k hours+ and you'll be good at it, but you can still hate doing it. Self-doubt is connected to feelings of endearment. I think writing is a useful skill, and the best 'creative' expression due to its infinite freedom. But, I have no special affection for it. Because of that, I don't care if the skill of writing is shit or not.

>> No.23128635

>>23128586
I don't understand