This is a super super gentle reminder not to put your favorite authors on a pedestal. We’re real people living average lives and not trying to be influencers. We criticize ourselves enough and we don’t want to be held to an invisible standard (we start to worry we fail to exceed our own selves) or compared to other writers (we are not competing) or tailor our craft to cater to a wider audience (the right people will find you).
Yeah, this is exactly what I’m afraid of. The writers/artists you love want you to create what you do I promise I promise. Our work is not more important than yours and if you don’t get the recognition you feel you deserve that does not reflect on your talent. “Good enough” is not a helpful metric; you are already good enough. Comparison kills creativity. Please don’t be so caught up in trying to be like your favorite artists that you think improving is removing all the evidence that it’s you who made it
