The Pit of Despair

I am speaking to the wrong crowd if I mention that the title is a Princess Bride reference?It is, however, still pertinent to how I'm feeling right about now.Why am I doing this to myself? Why am I pouring my soul out on paper and then handing it over to people to judge? Why am I still going despite the fact that I've been told over and over and over again that what I have to offer is not