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    I rode the short bus to high school, there’s no way around it. I have both verbal and non-verbal language based learning disabilities as well as ADHD. It may come as a shock, but I have a very hard time writing. I mean very hard time writing, and I..am..a bad writer…there I said it. I have no qualms about it and it does not shame me to admit it. I, however, write well enough for myself. I enjoy getting my ideas out to share and I’m always improving.

    Think about why you started writing. If you believe your writing helped you achieve that goal, then you did well as a writer. With every piece of art, there will be critics and trolls. Stephen King gets trolled by family guy almost constantly.

    I started creative writing as a hobby about 13 years ago my senior year of high school. The work I have posted on this site has been reworked by my wife (her online alias is botticelliangel). She’s offered to be my beta (it’s part of how she convinced me to sign up for this website) so I assure you, when I write on my own, it’s not nearly as good as what I post on this website. She does a great job at polishing up my work to make it much better.

    You might be asking yourself, why is he telling me all this (then again you might not be asking yourself that) I want you to know that I’m someone who does struggle with writing, but I still enjoy writing. I admire anyone who has the courage to post their work and stand on that podium. Waiting for responses, and even risk having tomato thrown at them. I want to leave you with one bit of advice. I implore you to think about it...I mean really think about it...don't just read it at it's initial face value. I apply this philosophy to all of my hobbies, and it allows me to enjoy said hobbies regardless of how good I am at them.

    “if you can’t learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly.”

    I came across this in a de-motivational poster, and it was a picture of a guy in the middle of crashing on skis. I thought to myself “this guy sucks at skiing, why does he keep doing it?” Then I thought to myself. “wow…that guy, loves to ski so much, that he does not let the fact that he’s not very good at skiing stop him from doing what he loves to do.” I decided to apply this to all of my hobbies. Since then; it’s not about how good I am at something, it’s about how much I enjoy doing it.

    I’m sharing this with you because I know that once you start thinking that you are a bad writer; the thought will make you second guess everything you write, and everything you have ever written. DON’T LET IT! Don’t give up. You can either torment yourself by trying to convince yourself that you are a “good”writer (trust me…this will involve a lot of angst and self doubt) or just keep doing what you love to do.

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