i think my problem is that i am afraid of sounding like an amateur. which is stupid, because i am an amateur. not everything i write has to be good. not everything has to be perfect and beautiful and incredibly artistic. i am a teenager, and i am a beginner. i'm not going to like everything i write, and if i let that keep me from writing at all, i'll never get any better. so. i just have to write, a lot. and see where my ideas take me.