I have a hard time defining if my inner critic is being too hard, not enough, or is entirely wrong.
There are some things I know she gets right. Like when a sentence is too long, or a word is repeated too quickly.
I think the main reason for the doubt is that unlike some writers I never had actual training in creative writing – it's available in the US and UK, but not Europe (or not as widely). The one meagre attempt in my town was, honestly, a disappointment. I'd gone hopeful but there was barely any exchange. We'd get a topic or a prompt, then write something about it, before finally reading about it. But there was no feedback, no "you have a good idea but such sentence is strange" or "this word isn't used correctly in this context". Which to me, is what creative writing and even teaching in general is all about.
So I do have my inner critic, and sometimes listen to her, and other times I don't, though I'm never one hundred percent sure who is right either way.
What about you?
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