How do I stop hating my own writing? I love the act of writing,

>>9321538
How long have you been writing?

>>9321543
Nearly two years on and off. Actually set out with the mind to write a novel back in May or June of 2015 and got through the first quarter of the story before going off on a tangent and losing the story as a whole due to my issues with reading my own writing. Stopped doing anything for four or so months then tried to go again with some short stories this time thinking they'd be easier to manage for now so I could try and get better at reading my own shit. Year and a half later and I can barely get through the first couple of paragraphs of my own stuff without getting irritated and going off to do something else.

>>9321549
Two years was sort of a threshold for me. Try to write non-stop for a little bit. Growing from the first drafts and then, after some time has passed. Try reading your old shit. It'll be bad, but in a funnier way. And you'll see those glimmers of what you're striving for throughout your oeuvre in little lines that make you go damn.

>>9321549
>>9321557
it's important to note I primarily write poetry though.

>>9321538
I'm going to lurk here because I feel the same way (though I probably have more reason to feel insecure because I know fuck-all about effective writing and I haven't written much - this is obviously my fault).

Bumping for interest

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>>9321538
I'm going to post this everyday until you like it

>>9322296
No Oxford comma.

Dropped.

>>9322296
No tolerable woman has ever been named brenda

>>9322383
Second'd.