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⌈ Secret Post #4072 ⌋

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Re: How do you overcome the voice that tells you you'll never be good enough?

[(Anonymous)]

For me, the thing that always makes me feel better is to read bad published fiction. When I was growing up, I found a few typos in my favorite author's book and it made me feel better that the author and editor both missed those. You don't actually have to be perfect to make it to print.

Or look at the airport best sellers or harlequin romances. They're not supposed to be amazing but they can be entertaining or good enough to while away an airplane ride. Seeing that those kinds of books get published makes me feel better. Not everyone is looking for perfect. There's a market for cliche stuff or sappy romance, and people like it. Some of best selling authors have atrocious characterization or tortured sentence structure, but they're still best sellers with movie deals.

I don't compare myself to people I admire. I look at them and see what it is about them that I like and works for me, and work to incorporate it but with my own spin. Make it your own, rather than try to be like them. No one can write what you write. Your take on things is valuable and someone is going to find it interesting.