Here is a common problem that one of my subscribers expressed
to me recently...

"I'm 16 and the main problem is, I know what I want to write,
but when I do write it down I just think it sounds lame"

Now she's 16 years old, but I'm pretty sure that this problem
transcends all ages.

I'm sure there have been times where you feel like you just
can't write ANYTHING. It's like, the more you force it out the
less you seem to create. And then when you DO finally write
something -- ANYTHING (a chord, a lyric, a melody or even just a
scratch of an idea) you automatically reject that because you
think it's a crappy one.