IF Seal: As a young writer, I'm worried about getting started

hello, if seal :) I guess I just needed to talk to someone to get this off my chest. I'm young compared to most of the members of the if community. I really love writing; however, ever since I was a kid, I had this habit of comparing myself to other people. In my schools and classes as a young kid, teachers would grade the "best story" or writing style and this only increased my fear of writing as…