>>16480329You just have to accept that reading your own writing is like hearing your own voice played back, it's always going to sound off because you have complete knowledge of what you wrote and its intent. But people reading don't know and will interpret it in their own way and may think it's actually good when you thought it was bad. I have several dozen, almost a hundred, backlog drafts of stories I have never continued and never shown anyone but it was good practice; looking back on the oldest stuff makes me cringe how bad I was but I can see how far I've improved.
You just have to write and keep writing, doesn't matter what. If it's really bad you'll know. Or at least I'll hope you'll know. Recently I've actually started to write on paper instead of using a text processor like Microsoft Word. You can type much faster than anyone will ever write and you can backspace away mistakes but the physical aspect of writing means that each sentence and word means you sort of read it as you go along; I found it easier to keep track of pace and get a feel for how good something sounds. It's also more deliberate so you have to think before you put something on the page since you can't just erase a mistake with a pen. So you may try that, just be aware you'll throw away tons of paper.
