by Erin Hawley
“Are people telling me this thing I wrote is good because it’s actually good, or are they praising it because they have such low expectations of me?”
Being a writer is hard. I’m a perfectionist, which makes me dislike everything I produce. I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing, as my perfectionism makes me a decent writer and an even better editor.
But as a disabled writer, I question other people’s reactions to my work. The opening quote is something I ask myself every time I share my writing with others.