/lit/ - Literature

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I feel the same way about my stories. One is 150k words, two more are hovering between 70-80k. I've got several outlines, dozens of pages of nothing but dialogue, and the like. But none of it is good enough to publish, in my opinion.

I've got two right now that I've been working on for about nine months. One is an erotica light novel and the other is hard science fiction. They both feel good, but I'm afraid the more I write the less I'll like them as a whole and just quit. The light novel is far easier to like because it's much less intense and plays to my strength of characters being very nuanced and unique (according to those I've let read and give me opinions).

Sucks to have extreme stage fright and no confidence in my work to the point that I have an actual fear of revealing my work to anyone. I had to get a friend who lives in California to be my editor because having to look someone in the face and hear their response is taxing emotionally. I wish I wasn't like this.

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