Everything I write is terrible

Am I the only one who feels this way?

I have this high opinion of myself as a writer, but then when I sit down to actually write, I hate everything that comes out.

 

I do, but then I hate pretty much everything I do in every aspect of life, so I'm probably not your go-to on this one.

 

Ah.

 

Maybe you should try selling shoes.

 

Well, I'm probably overreacting. I just feel like I'm capable of so much more, but rarely do anything that I feel like I haven't written or read before. Every once in a while I'll turn a phrase that'll make me smile and renew my faith.

 

Women's shoes? In a mall?

 

Only if you've thrown four touchdowns in one game for Polk High. Otherwise, you'll just suck at that job too.

 

Cmon you mean RAN for four touchdowns. Bundy was the successor to Gayle Sayers and the predecessor to Walter Payton.

 

It's good to be your own worst critic. But if your boss agrees with you ...

 

If it's any consolation, I'm not a big fan of everything I write, either.

I always figure I could have done something better, be it a turn of phrase or a different word here or there.

I've been in press boxes where I've actually seen people looking at their computers, laughing at their own stuff and saying, "Damn, I'm good."

 

If only you could see what the boss writes. Cheer up CU, there's always tomorrow.

 

I usually like what I write at the time, but when I go back to read it later, I hate it. So I try not to read my past work, unless I need to for research purposes. Saves me a lot of self-flagellation.