I know it's been said 100 times before, but it bears repeating: your story doesn't have to be perfect.
I just finished reading a fully published, printed book that sometimes dragged on. I found myself critiquing it, zoning out every now and then, finding some of the characters annoying.
But you know what? The emotional peak still made me tear up. I was still rooting for the main character the whole way. I still saw how heart felt, relatable, and well-thought-out the plot was.
Not every chapter, not ever paragraph, not every sentence, not every word needs to strike a chord for your story to mean something.
With all it's imperfections, your story is worth telling.
As you write, you will naturally improve. Do not wait until you think you are good enough to start. You are always good enough to start improving.
i know we writers complain about writing a lot as a joke, and that's completely fine, but it's also important to remember why we love it and what we find in it!
we keep coming back to the blank page because we believe we can fill it. we build something from nothing more than our own imaginations. we transfer thoughts to words to paper to people. writing really is one of the most beautiful things we can do, and that's one of my favorite things about it.