The Doubts You Must Overcome As a Writer

Lauren Sullivan
5 min readJun 6, 2020
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“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
E.L. Doctorow

For years, I have always considered myself an “aspiring writer.” Growing up as a huge bookworm, I’ve placed my favorite authors on enormous pedestals. With this, came many years of never feeling fully satisfied with my own writing.

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Lauren Sullivan

A millennial living in Manhattan, eating too much sushi, and writing until 2am.