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Does anyone else ever read old stuff your younger self wrote and get jealous of how effortlessly creative you used to be?

>> No.19347073

>>19347059
damn. i know this feel.
t. an old chunk of coal.

>> No.19348780

>>19347059
I am more creative now than back then but I am completely spent on motivation and belief. I used to think that I'd find a path if I kept believing in what was right and preserved my integrity. Eventually it felt like trying to dig a path through concrete with my teeth while others would just pay the toll and climb the ladder.

>> No.19349518

>>19347059
Nope

>> No.19349547

Things I wrote and drew as a kid were very derivative. I can recognize it more now than back then.

>> No.19349573

>>19349547
This 100%. Went through some of the stuff I wrote in my teens (which impressed my social circle back then) and all of it is painfully derivative juvenile cringe. Now, a decade later, the creative process is much slower but it has somewhat unique voice. Unfortunately, I have no social circle to impress anymore.

>> No.19349760

>>19349547
Everything is derivative. Good writers are just learn how to hide their influences.

>> No.19349777

yes and I'm terrified that it means I'm not growing as an artist

>> No.19350443

>>19349760
you're just a brainlet if you cannot tell influence from plagiarism.

>> No.19350594
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19350594

>>19350443
everyboday plagiarizes tho

>> No.19350617

>>19347059
Hmmm...Not sure. Some friends told me they liked my stuff, but does that really count?

Years ago I kinda befriended an older, wealthy, cultivated woman on the internet, and she liked my stuff, too.

I haven't written in years, no idea when was the last time.

>> No.19350629

My juvenile writing has a very strong voice with effortless style, while my adult efforts are significantly more original and creative.

>> No.19351253

>>19350443
The main difference is that the plagiarist isn't well read enough to have more than a handful of authors to take ideas from.

>> No.19351399

>>19351253
t. "quentint tarantinto? never heard of him"