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I was going to write about something else but today's theme of my online teaching class was helping students past imposter syndrome, something I never thought about. I have some issues with this class of mine. On one hand I am ALL for fostering people but man there is so much hand holding they're suggesting we do. If I only had three classes maybe I could do this but not so much with my schedule.

I don't think I've ever considered imposter syndrome from a student stand point but it makes sense. I already do their suggested correction (talk about my own struggles and triumphants) but I am dealing with imposter syndrome myself right now. This weekend I posted two stories the one I posted last night and one today.

The one I posted last night Vengeance is an Emptiness Go to the comments, the last page of them if nothing else. People LOVED this story. I am proud.

Letting Go Again with the comments, I made people cry (this is a sad one)

And here comes the imposter syndrome. Why can I dp this in fanfic but NOT with my original fic? Why am I always so substandard there? Of course I realize I'm not substandard and fanfic has a built in readership. But it does cause me to wonder, to feel like I'm wasting my time with all of this.

So how do YOU deal with imposter syndrome?


Have some links from around the net



Exit Your Narrative Structure And Let Your Characters Breathe

Writing Characters Who Aren’t Like You.


How Editing Software Helps Improve Your Manuscript


From Betty

An Introduction to Archetypal Stories

9 Ways To Unleash The Power of Free In 2021

5 Steps to Write Thrilling Historical Fiction for Teens

3 Steps to Ground Readers in Your Story World


CREATING BELIEVABLE ACTION IN YOUR MANUSCRIPT


The 8 Points of Progress

Four Ways to Control Pacing in Your Novel


Six Ways to Make Fantasy Travel More Interesting

How to Get Readers to Feel Those Emotional Twists

How Can I Create a Healthy Relationship With a Jerk Love Interest?

PODCAST
312 – Bias Free Language

Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Siblings (Youth)


The Author’s Guide to Redeeming Villains


How to Set Up an Intergalactic Empire Without Really Trying


Now let's see if I can get this to post to LJ as it's been an ass all day.