I Tell Myself This Sometimes

You’re not a very good writer.

You’re not smart enough. You don’t know what you’re doing.

You don’t construct engaging stories. You don’t know how to build a scene. You don’t build tension, and you don’t release it with comedy relief.

You don’t know what’s funny.

You don’t create three dimensional characters. You won’t stop writing flat characters with no motivation. You’re not witty. Neither is your dialogue.

You don’t work hard enough. You don’t follow through on the potential of your ideas. You don’t have good ideas in the first place.

You’re just not a very good writer.

Yet.