Has this ever happened to you?

[theAntiRand]

6. I wrote "The Thing" when I was 15

Even had a cast of exactly twelve, and all men too. Only difference, besides the fact that my version was terribly written, was that it took place on an isolated island in the Pacific instead of an Antarctic base. Needless to say, my ego took an enormous hit when I happened across The Thing one night on TV.

I still have a child-like imagination and want desperately to create something worth reading, but that experience was so traumatizing to my young ego that I have trouble taking any idea I have seriously today, and struggle to stay motivated enough to even start on something new.