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[matrixrefugee]

I don't exactly have writer's block, but I've been reading the notes a friend of mine shared with me, for a massive writing project he's working on, and while I'm not at liberty to discuss the details, I have to say that his ideas are so brilliant and original, I just feel like a lousy writer by comparison, that I just regurgitate pre-existing cliches and I have nothing new to bring to the world, that I'm no more deep a writer than Stephanie Meyers...

I'd better stop...

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[writingwood.livejournal.com]

A writer's worst critic is himself/herself. Don't let others get you down.

[ladyneferankh.livejournal.com]

Two writers can be equally deep, like two streams, but if one has nothing but mud at the bottom, while the other has sparkling stones, there's still a big difference between them.

And that said, you're one of the best writers I know--with a lot more depth than Stephanie Meyers

[nightofcydonia.livejournal.com]

Been there my friend, been there and still go there on occasion. In my case the people making my efforts seem naff were a couple of guys in my Creative Writing class who were really, really good. I try and look at it this way, I may not be the best writer on the planet but I sure as hell am not the worst and there's plenty worse then me who've been published, so the odds are good that someone out there's going to like my work.
~Weaver

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

Oh, my pal wasn't being critical, if anything, he's in my corner as a writer. I just had a moment of insecurity and felt like my work falls flat next to his.