The Downsides of Writing: Underwhelm and Self-Doubt

The cursor is taunting me. #feeltheslump

I think you could safely call it a slump. It’s a nice descriptive word, slump. It sounds like what it is.

Lately I’ve been somewhat underwhelmed with myself as an author, besieged by doubts. Who did I think I was, that I could really do this? At some point someone will catch onto the fact that I have no idea what I’m doing (many of my critical readers probably already have), and I’ll be kicked out of the club. The club that I don’t actually belong to a...