Competent

Last night in my creative writing class, I had to share my assignment with the entire class. I have never had to do anything like that before. We did it once before in class, but we were in groups of three. So this was a bit more nerve wracking - since there is about 15 people in the class. The good news is - I survived. It wasn't as bad as I thought. Actually, I didn't really think that is was going to be that bad. My classmates are not hurtful people, and they do bring up very valid criticisms. Overall, my piece fared pretty well. We had to write dialogue. That's something that I have never done before - so I didn't do too badly for my first try.

I was scared in the beginning that my writing would be horrible compared to the others in the class. I can't say that I am a good writer, but I will go out on a limb and say that I am a competent writer. I can form sentences with moderately good grammar, my spelling is not too bad, and I have a fairly good grasp on the English language (thank you English degree). For me, that's enough right now.

I have realized over the years that I don't need to be a superstar in everything that I do (not that I feel that I am a superstar, I feel that I should be) - sometimes being good enough is....good enough.