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Lacking Inspiration
Hey guys.
Okay I love to write and I have a passion for English. I'm going to college to study it in September.
Okay so lately the problem is I'm totally lacking inspiration and motivation.
I haven't written since I finished school which is a good few months ago. My actual English final exam for school went very badly. I put too much pressure on myself because I wanted to do so well that I panicked and ended up doing not nearly as good as I wanted to.
Ever since then I lost confidence in myself.
I started second guessing myself and wondering am I really as good as I once thought? I'm also wondering will I be cut out for studying it in college..
I recently discovered Wattpad the website that allows you to read and write stories. I would love to write a story on there but I beat myself up and tell myself I am not good enough. When I read novels I think wow I would never be able to come up with something half as good as this.. I don't know its frustrating because I always loved English. Especially when I was younger I would invent stories all the time.
Now i'm lacking any real ideas..even the ones I have I think how can I develop this to make it longer and more interesting?
It's my ultimate dream to become a journalist and write articles. Or work for a some sort of magazine. But I don't know I feel like it's out of my reach..
How do I get over this lack of confidence and stop putting myself down and comparing myself to others? Or should I just forget about it?
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Mmm, English, writing. I write poetry. I just recently started too. I love it. I try not to worry about the comparison to other pieces. When it comes to something being good or better, it's all opinion. Which is why I try not to worry about the comparison to other pieces. If I express what I want to in the way I want to, I'm happy. Even if people like or dislike it. Sometimes I get stuck or I'll consider a poem of mine to be horrible. The reality is that there is no accurate judgement. Some people like it, some people dislike it. Either way, it's all opinion. A story being good could never be a fact. A story being horrible can never be a fact. A few lines from a poem of mine:
A description of one must be biased
As long as an opinion is licensed
One side sees a hero, the other a tyrant
See? People may not consider that good, but I expressed what I wanted to. I love all the feedback even when it's negative, I especially love it when people misinterpret some poems. You can bring your dream to reality.
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