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@kr-lalonde This is a veeeery familiar problem to me. Here’s what I did, in case it’s helpful: I made it a goal to write something short, finish it, edit it, and then… move on. Let it sit. It wasn’t anything publishable, was rarely something I felt like showing off, and a lot of the time I moved on and didn’t miss it. BUT!! I finished, and that was all that mattered to me. I was trapped in the mindset that I needed something worth pitching to a publisher or I was failing the writing game.

Dude, was that wrong. As long as I was writing, especially playing with new ideas, I was improving. Finishing something is a very rewarding feeling, even if it’s a single scene of a book no one will ever read and it’s not even a great scene. My writing skills have improved so much since I started that, and now I feel capable of taking on a longer project because I know I can finish.

So my advice is: make something small and silly that you’re excited about. Write it, cringe, edit it, cringe, then let it go. It might feel like trash but it’s completed trash, and that’s what matters.

P.S. nothing you write will ever feel perfect to you, but that’s just how writing goes. Even if it was perfect, you would be the last person to notice. We are our own worst critics. Trust what God has to say about your writing, not what your brain is telling you.