If anyone criticizes your writing, just remember this: You. Are. Writing.
You are bringing a story from your imagination and putting it down so that others can experience it too. And that is something that takes time, dedication, and a whole lot of courage. It's easy to pass judgement on something that no doubt could be better, but it's an entirely different thing to be the one bringing that something into existence from nothing.
I've learned a lot since joining Wattpad in 2015 and I'm happy to say that, while scoffers may roll their eyes at the "cringe" of my books, I can laugh at my silly and corny youngster writing because I see my growth. At the time, that was the best I could write, and I wrote the best I could (yo, I wrote over FIFTY chapters!). I saw it all in my imagination and I was open and vulnerable in writing it down to share with others. I was also able to process a lot of things through writing those imagines, and although they're not perfect they truly mean a lot to me.
Am I a perfect writer now? Ha! Of course... Not! xD There's no such thing. If I'm not looking back and saying "Oosh, I can do better" then I'm not growing. No one can expect a first draft to be perfect because it's never going to be. Could I rewrite all of my imagines? Sure. But I don't want to. That's where I was at the time, a piece of myself. And, even though I would do things differently now, I am happy with the way they are.
Don't focus on the past mistakes, move forward. Imagine. Write. Get lost in the world you're creating and HAVE FUN with it. Don't worry about what others will think of it. Write what makes you all sparkly inside and I guarantee that if it impacts you then it will impact others as well. Your writing might not shift the entire world, but it will shift the world of those who read it. So keep writing.
