User blog:DuskEars/Am I A Fanfic Writer yet?

It's been a month since I joined Survivor Fanon wiki and started sharing my stories (well, just the one so far). I have never really blogged before, but I thought I'd give it a go, even though this reads more like a journal entry.

This is about the tenth time I've written Congo, but the first time publishing it - so far it feels like it's going well, it's almost cathartic to share it after so long. My problem is that I've refined it for so long and I've got such high hopes for it, that I feel like I'm not delivering the quality it deserves.

I feel like I'm taking too long on episodes for too little reward, my quality is still not quite up to the standard of so many wonderful writers on here. I just need to keep reminding myself that writing is a craft, the more you work at it, the better you become.

I guess what I'm trying to say here is that I'm finding it hard to stay motivated to keep publishing my season - Congo is so precious to me and I feel like I'm not doing it justice when I compare my quality of writing to some of the other writers on here.

It's a struggle to keep reminding myself that everyone writes at their own pace and in their own way, it's important to not compare writers directly for this reason. I just need to change my thinking and let other people be great while I grow and thrive in my own way.

Does anyone else understand where I'm coming from? Admiring other writers' series and running out of steam to write your own, is it a common occurrence? Is anyone else too attached to their seasons and feel like they're butchering them with choppy writing?

Thanks for reading, and being a wonderful, supportive community.

Feel free to leave a comment, I'd love to hear from you.