chocolatebearturk asked: Have you ever found yourself intimidated by the work of others? I know it seems silly to compare myself to published authors or people who have taken actual classes on grammar and creative writing, but sometimes I find that I'm doing it unconsciously and end up convincing myself that anything I ever write will be utter shit no matter how much I try to improve. How do you stop the little voice in your head that tells you 'you'll never be as good as so-and-so, so why even try'?

Yes, definitely. I’d get stage fright while writing, or while being about to write.

I used to shut it up by reading stuff that was published that...