writing is hard....

I have five chaptered fics posted here on AFF and I have practically dropped all of them. It hurts sometimes coming on here and seeing encouraging comments, subscriptions, and upvotes on those stories. I want so badly to finish them, but every time I go to start writing it's like...every idea drains out of me and my fingers just don't feel like moving over the keys. I'm constantly thinking up chapters and plot lines and ways to give more depth to the people I'm writing about, but it's not translating to the page. It's painful not being able to write out these stories that hold a special place in my heart. Because they all do. Especially 'Twelve'. That story was my baby for the longest time. I'd written out seven chapters, the most I've ever written for any story, but somewhere along the line I veered way off from my originally planned story and fell out of love with it. 

I don't know if it's my depression that's holding me back from writing?? I don't know if this is just a bout of writers block I have to push through??

I get scared that I'm never going to want to write again....that whatever I write will never be good enough.

Idk man.......writing is hard lol

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shesamytheu
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#truestory

I actually needed to bull my way through a story just to finish it - but of course, I end up with a terrible headache when I'm editing it because it's so horrible I wanna cry lol.

I think that the best way is to 'forget' about the readers, and just focus on what you really enjoy writing. Just enjoy the process, take it lightly, take note when you make mistakes but don't be too hard on yourself. You'll eventually be able to complete the story c: