Still feel like a newbie

Although I’ve been writing for more than 30 years (wow, did I just admit that?) I still act like a newbie. Just call it impostor syndrome I guess.

What I mean to say is, still to this day it’s not that I’m not confident but well maybe, I’m actually not.

I sit at my computer writing, and as I’m composing my articles I wonder, is this any good? Am I a fraud? Is someone going to find me out? Uncover my secret?

It’s a writer’s insecurity I think because I hear a lot of other fellow creatives echo the same sentiments.

One thing I still regularly do, which is why I saw I still feel like a newbie, is I go back and compare my original article to the edited and published version.

I want to know how close I got to minimal edits. It’s not that I’m questioning myself but who are we kidding, I’m definitely questioning myself.

Funny thing is, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being a little doubtful of my abilities. I never want to get to the point where I think I’m perfect and feel like, how could I possibly be edited. No way, no how.

And so as I prepare to do more writing next week and into the foreseeable future, I will continue this practice. It keeps me humble and always teaches me something new. No better way to keep improving I believe.

Speaking of writing, click here to read an article I wrote this week about the Miami Book Fair’s Haiti Book Festival. I loved interviewing the festival’s director, she was a true delight.

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Until next week, be well and peace always.