Find your community. Find your support, and know, you are not the imposter.

So to all my fellow writers out there who keep coming back to the story and actually doing the work, you keep going. You're a writer and the only way you'll become a published writer is if you keep writing. Even when it's hard.

But if you use generative AI you are not a writer. You are an imposter, at best. At worst, you're a plagiarist.

You become a published writer by writing through failure. It's hard and it takes grit and determination. You have to engage in deliberate practice and be open-minded to feedback and criticism. It's work. It's fun work. It's hard work. It's frustrating and anxiety-invoking. But it's writing.