1) This is the best thing I have ever written! It’s brilliant! It’s incredible! or

2) This is the worst thing I have ever written! It’s awful! It’s hideous!

I have felt both ways about almost everything I have ever written. I don’t know why. I think a lot of writers are like this, and maybe you are too.

It’s helpful to know that your writing is never as wonderful as you think it is, and your writing is never as horrible as you think it is. The truth is somewhere in the middle. In the meantime, it’s probably best to get back to work.