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Do you guys ever feel paralyzed by self-doubt and over thinking things? Stemming from real life and bleeding over into fannish life. It’s gone from the realization during interviewing candidates for my assistant’s replacement that they’re all - ALL - better qualified for my job than I am, to reading fic (and published novels) or watching vids and
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Absolutely. One of the reasons I decided not to write anymore. I was paralyzed by self-doubt and over thinking. Mine was for different reasons than yours, though. I lost all my inspiration to write, in part because some of my writing wasn't receiving the reaction I'd hoped for and that led me to doubt everything I tried to write and over think what I did write. ("Real Life"and fandom BS also played large roles in the decision.)
I tend to be "inspired" by people who excel at something I want to excel at - whether it be people who know more than me or who do something better than me. I try to learn from them. Because I know that I have - by extension I'm sure you have - something important to offer them. For work, it's experience, wisdom, knowledge of the job, etc. For fandom, I'm less confident I personally have anything to offer, but you clearly have amazing gifts and unique approaches that make your work extremely special too - people await your stories and vids because they know they will be great, entertaining, and perhaps thought provoking, fun, or sexy (depending on the content). Admire others. Learn from others. Try their style out and see if it fits you. But don't stop doing what you're doing because it through the doing that we improve.
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*hugs you and Boo*
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