Self-Confidence & Writing, the Cliff's Notes Version

Jul 15, 2009 09:54

I know this topic was beautifully bludgeoned to death and put away by finer bloggers than I,* but these are my $0.02 on the subject: (ahem)

Being a writer means exactly two things:

1) That you secretly believe that your writing is better than 90% of what's out there (or can at least hold a candle to the majority)
2) That you secretly believe that your stuff sucks and that it'll never amount to anything, ever.

The funny thing is that this never ends. Seriously. Lather, rinse, repeat. That's being a writer!

Observe:

You secretly believe that your writing is better than 90% of what's out there, but under that, you secretly believe that your stuff sucks and that it'll never amount to anything, ever. But underneath that is the real, honest belief that your writing is still better than 90% of what's out there, although deep down you know that your stuff totally sucks and that it'll never amount to anything, ever...etc.

Isn't that fun? So endeth the lesson. Now I'm going to eat some chocolate and continue revising! Ciao!

* See? I just did it there, too! Funny how that works. ;-)

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