interesting advice on confidence in writing

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Over on Men with Pens, Dave Navarro has written How to Feel Consistently Confident About Your Writing. Among other things, he recommends that you

Think back to every good thing someone has ever said about your writing. Write it down, as if it were a quote on the back of a book. Search your email, your personal letters, your blog comments - anywhere that might hold a nugget waiting to be captured. Write it all down (I recommend doing this by hand, because things you write - rather than type - stick in your mind more deeply).

Go, read the rest. Then help yourself feel better about your writing.