It’s time to show the raw and rough edges, friends. Here is the unedited version of my short story for Writer in Motion. After Jeni revealed the prompt last week, I got to work and I’ve been sitting on this ever since. It’s been so hard not to share or revise.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the things that hold us back most as writers and creative people. We tend to get stuck in our heads, alone in small rooms, coffee shops, or libraries — ear buds in our ears, trying to drown out the noise while we attempt to create something that resonates with the human condition. Almost all of us are wondering if we’re good enough.