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I once received a DM comprised of just that sentence. Nothing else. No constructive criticism or any reason as to why this person clearly agreed with my own view of myself.

For someone who has never told anyone in their real life that they write anything, reading something like this from an anonymous user only solidified in my mind the fact that this person was right.

I’m not a good writer.

After an embarrassing amount of minutes passed, in which I thought about deleting every story I ever posted, I decided to delete the message instead. Unfortunately, that didn’t mean I could delete the feelings it caused or change the fact that I’m not a good writer.

Two weeks went by and I didn’t write anything, let alone post. Then I received a comment on a story I had posted three years prior, one I’d written after a death in our family. The comment read, “Thank you for sharing this heartfelt story. I really needed this. I just lost my mom and this really got me today.”

I stopped thinking about being a good writer after that. I thought instead, “what if I had deleted my stories and that one person three years later hadn’t read it that day?”

Here’s what I realized: no one is a good writer.

Good means to be approved of, but stories aren’t created from approval. They’re built from life experiences, feelings, and emotions Therefore, the impact of anyone’s story isn’t good or bad. It’s a million other things.

Heartfelt.

Sad.

Funny.

Inspiring.

Romantic.

So to all the story writers out there, hold your head up, write what is in your heart, and never doubt that there isn’t at least one person out there that needs to read your story.

So, no.

I wrote this thing for @underthemistletoehqzine vol. 1 last year but this year fics are even more amazing, go check them out if you can.

I hope you will enjoy this little Matsuhana Christmas fic! 🎄❤️ https://archiveofourown.org/works/28263369

I wrote this thing for @underthemistletoehqzine vol. 1 last year but this year fics are even more amazing, go check them out if you can.

I hope you will enjoy this little Matsuhana Christmas fic! 🎄❤️ https://archiveofourown.org/works/28263369

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Haikyuu!! Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru, Sawamura Daichi/Sugawara Koushi Characters: Iwaizumi Hajime, Oikawa Tooru, Sugawara Koushi, Sawamura Daichi, Kuroo Tetsurou Additional Tags: Oikawa is moping, Suga is a good (?) friend, Surprises, Cancelled Plans, Winter Wonderland, They live in London now, Kuroo and Bokuto are good neighbours, Fluff, winter fluff Summary:

Oikawa is sulking after his Christmas plans are cancelled, Suga, being the good roommate his is, does something to cheer him up.

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Chapter 5 of Pretend with Me is here!

Read it on AO3 here

“Luck wasn’t Takahiro’s middle name. No. When he had been born he took the queue for Dumbness and Wrong Decisions, blissfully missing the one labelled in gold with “LUCK” written in capitals.”

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