How to Tell if Your Story is Any Good

Writer insecurity sucks, doesn't it? Is your story good? Is it bad? Should you move to Antarctica and become a penguin-whisperer instead of a writer because there's no way in a million Spider-man reboots* that you can make it as an author?

So many questions. Let's talk about ways to find the answers:

*Is it too soon to start making jokes about the Disney-Sony Spidey breakup? Yes? Too bad. I'm going for it anyway.

** I saw Ewan McGregor at a D23 panel today. I almost died. No, this has nothing to...