u/Background-Pea-242

That imposter syndrome song running in my head

That imposter syndrome song running in my head

A few people used to enjoy my short stories but now I can't even write a thing. It's all failed intros and ideas.

My last decent short story was from a year ago. From that day on, I've never been able to write a decent one and not only that, I've also gotten worse. I'm just writing an intro but my mind is already telling me that it's going to be a fail again because I've been trying and failing for so long. I have a google docs out there with 55 tabs, all of which are failed stories. Some tabs even reaching 40 pages and it's just me repeating the story's start, trying to fix the part where I got stuck. Even when I tried moving forward with the story, it just became a mess.

Some people told me to take a break and trust me I did. I watched movies, animes, childhood shows, went out with friends, and I still ended up sitting there with nothing to write. Seeing my google docs with 55 tabs honestly makes me laugh how pathetically persistent I was(and im still here to find solutions on how to write again lmfao)

Anyways, there's a game jam and I'm supposed to be the writer but I can't write a thing anymore. It's sad because my teen self worked herself to death and researched all writing techniques just so I can be better and I'm not.

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u/Background-Pea-242 — 3 days ago