Excellent points, elaine.
When I read the title, "How to write without feeling like a FRAUD!" my first thought was that the answer is simply, "Do not write thinking or feeling like a FRAUD!"
Even in academic circles, there is an old representation that if you will just read one book on a subject you will be better informed that most people you meet and if you read one book a week for a year your can present yourself as the world's authority without worrying that you will ever meet anyone who knows more.
Writing for the internet, there are two guidelines I would seriously give anyone asking me such a question.
1. You should always write only what you know, even if you have only known it for a minute or two! (This requires learning how to separate what you factually know from what you think may be true in your own mind.)
2. You should never try to convince other people you are a genius, an authority or a guru; they will decide for themselves based on the value of your stuff whether you are any good or not. They are unlikely to be swayed by your opinion of yourself.
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