User blog comment:SuperMarioman11/Old Stuff/@comment-24304936-20140904154125

I think that if you can see a big improvement in any situation, you're on the right track. I don't really like some of my older stories either. Sure, they meet the site's QS, but as a writer, I think I'm my own worst critic. That's how writing works though. No one is born with the skill. It's a constant work-in-progress that's improved through time, work, and determination. If you can look upon your past efforts and say, "Wow, that's inferior to what I can do now," then you're doing something right.