You're Not Struggling Alone - by Nat Eliason
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If you're worried you don't have to worry
I’m always uncomfortable when someone says I’m good at writing. I know I must be somewhat okay at it. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be as many of you here. And every now and then, I’ll cobble together a sentence that I reread and think, “okay yeah, that one was pretty good.” But in general, I don’t think of myself as that good of a writer because I’m always comparing myself to someone better. I don’t have the descriptiveness of DFW or the breadth of expertise of Hofstadter or even really any fiction writing skills. When someone says my stuff is good, I want to believe them, but unfortunately,…
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