> I just can't bring myself to like what I've written.
This speaks directly to the author's point. When we cringe from our own writing, I think it's often one of:
1. We didn't express are true feelings well, so we feel deceitful or inauthentic. This is the vague shame and guilt you feel when you wrote what you thought you were supposed to say but not what you really believe.
2. We did express our true feelings, and we're scared of the vulnerability it creates. When you bare your soul, you lower the shield between you and your audience. You show them exactly where your soft spots are. Any criticism will cut all the more deeply. This is that blushing cringe you feel when realize your heart is laid bare for all to see.
3. How bad (or ineloquent) we are at expressing our true feelings.
4. Maybe our true-feelings are mistaken and we'll come off as a sham (this ties with inferiority complex).
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I understand that I may have some overlap with the author, but while the author stresses on being genuine with oneself, I stress on actually completing the piece (whether or not genuine) and not worrying about auxiliary stuffs like word choice, rhythm of the writing, eloquence, etc. that can always be improved upon in next iterations.
Inability to express your feelings does not have anything to do with being genuine or honest. The result being convoluted mess of text have zero to do with it bring inauthentic.
Plus, sometimes people can write super dishonest texts they are totally cool with. It is pretty often much much easier to express inauthentic things.
This speaks directly to the author's point. When we cringe from our own writing, I think it's often one of:
1. We didn't express are true feelings well, so we feel deceitful or inauthentic. This is the vague shame and guilt you feel when you wrote what you thought you were supposed to say but not what you really believe.
2. We did express our true feelings, and we're scared of the vulnerability it creates. When you bare your soul, you lower the shield between you and your audience. You show them exactly where your soft spots are. Any criticism will cut all the more deeply. This is that blushing cringe you feel when realize your heart is laid bare for all to see.