ik I say this so often but I might start writing again. I stopped bcs I felt like my plots were messy, that they had no direction, and my writing wasn't up to my standards overall. that constant self-criticism made me dislike writing. but then I read back what I used to write and see that it was all in my head, it genuinely wasn't that bad. in fact, id say that it was pretty good. ofc, I have to brush up on my writing and actually put out smth, not just say I will