The scattered thoughts of short story writer Sandra Seamans
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
6/8 by Trey R. Barker
Sometimes you read a story and want to throw everything you've ever written in the trash, knowing that you can't make the words dance like the writer you've just read.
I try to write with the attitude that there will always be someone better, it makes rejection so much easier to bear :) But there are times that I wonder why I bother.
I wonder why we always compare ourselves to other writers, especially when no two writers ever write the same?
And with your daughter? That's got to be both a blessing a curse! Thankfully no one in my family writes but they tend to look at me like I've grown an extra head when I try to talk about writing.
4 comments:
Boy, is that the truth. Happens to me after I read my daughter.
I try to write with the attitude that there will always be someone better, it makes rejection so much easier to bear :) But there are times that I wonder why I bother.
I wonder why we always compare ourselves to other writers, especially when no two writers ever write the same?
And with your daughter? That's got to be both a blessing a curse! Thankfully no one in my family writes but they tend to look at me like I've grown an extra head when I try to talk about writing.
That's exactly how I felt when this sub came in. I wasn't familiar with Trey's work, but it was an instant yes for approval.
I've no family members competing for literary greatness, a few asking when I'll finish my book(s). Food and roof comes first.
Yeah, I get that, too, Ron. When are you going to finish that novel and make us a million bucks?
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