I am not a good writer—and I never will be
I am not a good writer.
Plenty of writers think that of themselves I know, but for me it’s true.
Perhaps there should be quotation marks around good, but I’ll stick to my guns here:
I am not a good writer, and I never will be.
Okay, so blanket statement out of the way, what the ever-loving fuck do I actually mean by that?
There are hundreds if not thousands of unspoken rules surrounding the writing process. Even more surrounding the publishing process.
And I honestly couldn’t give a crap about any of them.
The ones I know about, I break gleefully. There are probably dozens more I break without knowing.
Here are just a few examples of Things I Do Wrong when writing:
I don’t obsess over single sentences, polishing and polishing until it’s perfect and has no resemblance to what I originally wrote.
I don’t write fifteen drafts of my work before I deem it ready for the outside world, and I certainly don’t spend most of my time rewriting what I’ve already written.
I don’t have an editor, and I don’t edit my work in the traditional sense.