Does anyone else find that how good a writer you are is directly

>>9162561
Im talking about the inverse relationship, the effect of confidence on one's writing capabilities.

>>9162556
This could mean one of several things.

You've gained more perspective and experience, and only think your old work is better because you haven't taken another look at them from a more experienced lens.

You've lost your muse, and you're not putting in effort like you used to.

Your self-esteem is going down the shitter for unrelated reasons.

>>9162561
Terrible writers also tend to think they're good.

>>9162576
>You've gained more perspective and experience, and only think your old work is better because you haven't taken another look at them from a more experienced lens.

That can't be it. People actually liked my work before and now they hate it.

>You've lost your muse, and you're not putting in effort like you used to.

but this story was more near and dear to my heart than anything else I've ever written. How can I be getting worse?

>>9162837
Maybe you're putting too much pressure on yourself, and it's negatively impacting your creativity.

>>9162900
So pressure can affect performance but confidence can't? I first started getting worse after someone I believed would only tell me white lies told me the truth about what she thought

>>9163113
What ruins authors' writing quality in most cases is OVER-confidence. The worst under-confidence will do is give you writer's block via fear of failure.

>>9163224
than either I have a degenerative brain disease, people were lying to me, or I'm genuinely getting worse

>>9162556
Definitely not true for kafka