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Have you ever been to a meeting or group and felt intimidated by the quality of people who are apart of it? Like they have years of experience and you feel below standards?
I know each person along the path, no matter the subject area, may be at different stages. Still, there are those you look up to and inspire to be like at almost every stage. I strive to learn and improve my skills, but will they ever truly be good enough, or will I always feel they could be better?
I hope everyone is having a good week, and a fabulous February. I'll be going to a critique group meeting on Saturday with some wonderful authors who I look forward to seeing. Wish me luck!
18 comments:
Good luck with the critique group! I hope you get what you want from it. I find they can be awesome tools to learn from but they can also be devastating if not well run.
Have fun indeed, hopefully tons come from it, all we can do is try and keep plugging away.
This is what happens pretty much any time I go to a gym. It's very intimidating! But I try to remind myself that everyone starts somewhere. As long as I'm trying to improve, I'm moving in the right direction.
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I think that feeling of 'I could be better' stays. And I think it's good that it does. We'd stop learning and trying if we didn't think that way.
Oh yes! I know the feeling! But interestingly enough, I kept on going, and soon discovered they were writers, struggling, just like me. Now, I LOVE going to the meetings!! Have fun this weekend. :)
Oh gosh, I can so relate to this! To be honest, I'm intimidated to even go to groups because it makes me nervous to even think about it. It's so hard not comparing ourselves with other writers.
Good luck at the meeting! :)
I kind of hope that I always feel there's some way to improve, be better and learn from others.
Yeah, intimidation is part of the process. There is always going to be someone more experienced, etc...but hopefully they're nice to you. After all, they were once where you are now. Do you know how much criticism JK Rowling has taken? Lots! Still, she's one of the nice guys :)
i wish you luck! there is always something to learn!! have fun.
We all feel like that sometimes. I still feel like it!
I totally felt that way when I first went to writing conferences. I was alone, had no friends - but that all changed when a few people saw me and had me join them at the lunch table (so to speak). All of them are major successful writers now. One of these days, I'd like to do the same for someone else. :)
I joined a local NaNoWriMo group, and everybody already knew each other, most of them had been friends for a few years. Very intimidating, but it was good to get to know some of them.
Don't forget, there's most likely someone who looks up to and is inspired by you as well. Use that thought when your feeling a bit intimidated! :)
Good luck!
I always feel intimidated.
Pretty much I'm always intimidated by others but especially with my writing. I just feel like I will never be as good as so and so. It sucks. I think you are pretty darn awesome though. Don't be intimidated. Just smile! Hugs
I feel that way a lot. I don't think I will ever feel like I know "enough".
There are a whole lot of authors I interact with online that I would be VERY intimated by if I met them in real life! Haha!
I see your point, as well as D.L.'s. Sometimes I feel intimidated, but people have told me that they look up to me. We're all at different stages based on time, experience, etc. I have learned a lot from people with more experience than me, and I hope to give that to others in the future.
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