Why Comparing Yourself to Other Writers is Pointless - WritersLife.org

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Hi I'm Jody from WritersLife.org and

today we'll be talking about why

comparing yourself to other Writers is

pointless it's so easy for riders to get

caught up in comparing themselves to

others they read something that is so

good they feel it impossible for them to

reach the same standard now here's some

of the previously unpublished authors

landing a six-figure book publishing

deal and wonder if it'll ever happen to

them I hear about a writer who's

self-published and their book took off

and made millions and millions of

dollars they feel hopeless and jealous

and wonder if they should even bother

trying comparing yourselves to others is

never a good idea it's unlikely to make

you feel good about your writing you are

your own worst critic after all and you

aren't likely to be able to rationally

or objectively reason as to why so and

so happen to that writer and it hasn't

happened to you here's why comparing

yourself to others is pointless it won't

make you any better by all means read as

many brilliant books as you can get your

hands on

but don't finish that book and

immediately burn your own manuscript and

a fit of desperate despair comparing

yourself negatively to writers you love

won't make your writing any better

instead why not be inspired and

influenced by them and just appreciate

how much you enjoyed their work there's

no comparison between your final draft

and a traditionally published novel even

if you have done all the right things

your final draft isn't going to hold a

candle to traditionally published books

that you find in the bookstore those

books have had teams of professional

people to edit rewrite shape design and

market them before they even hit the

shelves your word document that you've

read over and over just isn't going to

look very good in comparison so don't

bother it's not fair for you or your

work your voice is entirely unique and

so it should be the beautiful thing

about being a writer is that you have

your own unique writing voice your own

particular way of looking at the world

and expressing what you want to say

don't let anyone take that away from you

your book may not sound anything like

that bestseller but so what that doesn't

mean it is not brilliant and it's

right no one likes a copycat next time

you compare yourself to the other

writers ask yourself this what are you

going to do about it

either you can try and imitate them or

you can just accept that every writer is

different and has their own story to

tell and Way of telling it if you try to

do the farmer you'll end up just being a

slightly worse version of someone else

and who wants to be that you only see

their result not their struggle no

matter how easily fame and fortune seems

to come to others the likelihood is that

there was a lot of hard work going on

behind the scenes before they got to

where they are sure there might be a

lucky few for which success seems to

land on their lap but for the masses

it's all about keeping your nose to the

grindstone so stop comparing yourself to

others and get back to it it's not your

time yes if you find yourself getting

disheartened remember your time could be

right around the corner but the only

person that can make it happen is you

when it comes to writing you have to be

your own biggest fan so stop telling

yourself you aren't good when compared

to other writers tell yourself you're

just as good or even better when it

comes to writing the best thing to do is

focus on yourself set your own goals and

celebrate your success comparing

yourself to others will only distract

you from what you need to do so don't

let what other people are doing get you

off track just keep concentrating on

what you want and you'll get there in

the end don't forget if you're having a

hard time writing or finishing your book

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