do you ever write something and work really hard on it then look back on it and think it's weird or embarrasing? How do you cope with that?

i do....i did and i kept the paper 4 idk 4 wat wen i reread it i like it but thought it waz weird.... i still have them idk if i want 2 chunk them or wat i want 2 but need help deciding

I do a careful procedure. Take this down.
1. I tear the story out of its journal
2. Walk to the trashcan. Not too quickly so you can laugh at yourself as you go, or if it is that bad that the crumpled ball is burning your fingertips, make haste.
3. Drop it in the can
4. This is optional. Tears of pity for your failure

I just take my time when I re-do it. And get others advice. But sometimes I just don't feel like restarting, and I throw it away and start something new.

i know what you mean, i just hate it when that happens to me. what you do is you just go over it, sentence by sentence and see what you did wrong, try to improve on it or make it more exciting

yes, that's how i always feel when i look back on an old story. but what i have done, is showed it to a friend. they read it, and most of the time, they absolutely love it, and convince me to keep writing. i always send them the little bits and pieces i had added lately, and they give me constructive citisism.

well i keep just keep revising until i like it.

I wrote six stories that were not very good and the seventh made me feel secure enough to publish it which I did.I'm young and I still have to learn alot.I can't be a professional author,I'm only 20.But I believe the stuff I've written lately are awesome.Just believe in yourself.One day you're gonna write something awesome,something that might make a difference to the world.

Yeah this one fanfiction I wrote a couple of years ago about my favorite fictional character was mortifying. I try to put it in my past because I was younger then and obviously not that skilled at writing.

LOL, I know exactly how you feel!

But trust me, it's a good thing!
Look back on what you've written and see what does and doesn't work. Have too many adjectives? Take some out. A lame joke? Cut it! A poorly constructed sentence? Bad grammer? Dumb plot? Get rid of it!
By going back and rereading what you've written, you can learn from you mistakes and write somethieng even better next time.

And make sure you keep what works. Have a good piece of diaolouge? Sabe it in a journal or something, even if the story doesn't make it. Who knows, maybe you can use it later.

Writting should be fun, and getting the chance to go back and rewrite things is great.

As other people have said, go back and change it. Also, I find it helps to just keep on writing, then go back over the whole story or chapter at the end, so you can see the whole thing and how it works together. Don't throw it away, unless you are going to start again and you know exactly what you will write.

That happens to me a lot. It only means that you're inproving your writing skills, which is nothing to be ashamed of.

Yes I have. I either tear it up or hide it. When I find it I get scared and hide it again.

I just rewrite it, write it again, and try to think about what you would say out loud, that always works for me.

Yes, of cource I have. But only in drafts. I only publish something when i know it's good.