This is kind of awkward to say, but I'm afraid that taking this writing class is interfering with my writing. Not in the sense that it's physically stopping me from writing, or that I don't have time to write because I have to do assignments (I don't actually have to do the assignments. I just need to write). The problem is that the whole thing is kind of intimidating and makes me unusually insecure.

The whole idea was to get better as a writer, but really all I want is to be told what a wonderful writer I am. This strikes me as an unlikely outcome, not having anything in particular to do with my writing, which I know is perfectly competent, but because if you pay someone to help improve your writing and you give them something to critique, critique it they will.

So if I know that, you might say, then why does it make me insecure? To which I would reply, "Exactly." I have no idea why. I'll keep you posted.