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thebibliosphere:
Listen, I know social awkwardness has a lot to answer for sometimes, but coming up to me and trying to strike up a conversation about how much better “we” are as authors compared to other people, is not the best way to endear me to your person. There’s no “we” in this scenario.
For one thing, I might acknowledge I have a certain flare towards the comical that people find amusing, but that doesn’t make me better than anyone else. Just because I’ve been alive for longer or had more time to hone my skills as a writer—and it is a skill, one I have spent years working on and still find new ways to improve upon every day, talent is worthless if you don’t tend it—doesn’t make anyone else’s efforts any less admirable or worthy of respect.
I am proud of other people that write, whether they’re a one shot genius or someone who just gets by doing what they love. Creativity and the pursuit of self expression is always to be encouraged and admired. Whether it’s a Picasso or a crayola painting, it’s still something borne out of the human drive to create.
Now, if the person in question is an absolute little shit weasel in their views and defenses of their work, we may run into some problems in my ability to remain encouraging. But for the most part, people are just trying. They’re learning. Let them.
Just because you might be born talented, doesn’t make you better. It makes you lucky. There’s a difference.
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thebibliosphere:
Listen, I know social awkwardness has a lot to answer for sometimes, but coming up to me and trying to strike up a conversation about how much better “we” are as authors compared to other people, is not the best way to endear me to your person. There’s no “we” in this scenario.
For one thing, I might acknowledge I have a certain flare towards the comical that people find amusing, but that doesn’t make me better than anyone else. Just because I’ve been alive for longer or had more time to hone my skills as a writer—and it is a skill, one I have spent years working on and still find new ways to improve upon every day, talent is worthless if you don’t tend it—doesn’t make anyone else’s efforts any less admirable or worthy of respect.
I am proud of other people that write, whether they’re a one shot genius or someone who just gets by doing what they love. Creativity and the pursuit of self expression is always to be encouraged and admired. Whether it’s a Picasso or a crayola painting, it’s still something borne out of the human drive to create.
Now, if the person in question is an absolute little shit weasel in their views and defenses of their work, we may run into some problems in my ability to remain encouraging. But for the most part, people are just trying. They’re learning. Let them.
Just because you might be born talented, doesn’t make you better. It makes you lucky. There’s a difference.
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