User blog comment:AGrimAuxiliatrix1/Writer/Contest Burnout/@comment-26112985-20150507021928

I have found that I have difficulty writing in a contest becuase somebody is supplying the idea/subject matter for me. My very worst story is a contest entry. I think that, in order for one of my stories to truly be good in the eyes of others, it must come from within my own mind and with my own creativity, contests limit creativity, and therefore, I won't be entering in any for awhile as well.