I apologize for suddenly changing the topic--but I am desperate for help. I used to be able to write relatively okay, but I seem to have lost that ability entirely. I know it sounds absurd, but it is true. I could produce considerably acceptable poetry within minutes--my past English teachers told me it was my 'forte'--but I really want to write stories again.
Several ideas pop in my head for a story, most of which are not part of a fandom, and I immediately put them away for later use. When I start developing it, I always end up in a stump. I start writing the first few sentences, then redo them because I feel it is unsatisfactory. Basically, that is my current dilemma--it is an endless loop of revising the first few sentences that I end up losing interest in writing the rest of it. I feel that everything I write is unsuitable to be read by the public. I guess one could blame lack of imagination, but I would like a more concrete reason.
So, any advice? :(