The Insecurity of Writing
3 min readMay 19, 2021
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I sat with my head in my hands thinking about what I was doing. I keep writing short stories and I have no idea if they are good or bad.
I met an academic and he told me that I had an ‘’instinctual’’ style of writing, but in terms of anything of substance, he hated to say it but I was ‘’lacking.’’
I talked with a woman of letters I respect and she went into a long lecture about making sure…