I think all writers have that seed of doubt growing in their brain. I know I do. It's what drives us to to keep writing. We keep trying to one up ourselves. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. When it comes to literature, so much is subjective. Put our stories somewhere else and they might get picked apart or praised to the heavens. One never knows. We do this because we enjoy it and we know our stories make other people happy.
(Also, it gives us a platform to jab at each other mercilessly. That's the fun part.🤭)