Insecure Writers: Finding a Balance

In case you haven't found the Insecure Writer's Support Group, sponsored by Alex J. Cavanaugh, here's a little heads up. I stumbled across it last month and have been waiting for today to add my two cents. (They blog on the first Wednesday of each month.) As can be surmised from the title, it's a support group for writers--organized with the intent of helping us writer-types deal with our insecurities. And boy do writers have insecurities.

I read a quote once, and don't remember the author or exact wording (please forgive) but the gist was that every author needs to at times believe their work is of unparalleled genius and at others pure garbage. The first so that they have the courage to put it out there. The second so they have the humility to make it shine. 
When I'm in the process of editing (which is what I'm currently doing) I have a chorus of schizophrenic inner voices in my head. Sometimes I'll get so caught up in the page I'm editing that my confident inner voice is saying, "Brilliant! Genius! Readers will go wild for this stuff!" Then of course I gloss right over the missing word 'is' or the quotation mark that is pointed in the wrong direction. 
At other times I come to a screeching halt, usually at the sight of over-dramatized scene.
"Drivel! This is pure drivel!" Insecure Inner Voice shouts morosely. "What do I do?""Don't worry," Calming Inner Voice soothes. "Just remove all words ending in ly.""What!?" screeches Insecure Inner Voice, kneading her hands--for tenth time this chapter. "That will take weeks! And I have a deadline!""Hmm. I see this is worse than just an excessive use of adverbs," purrs Soothing Inner Voice, spying the word 'distraught' three times in one paragraph.
And so goes the editing...up and down, back and forth, happy and sad, confident and insecure. Hopefully all those voices serve a purpose in the end.
Now take a look at the members of this group below! Add yourself if you'd like to join. Cause we all need a little support dealing with our inner voices now and then.