Dear
“My Writing Sucks!” Writer,
“My
writing sucks!” This is a statement many writers say at every stage of writing
(first draft, last draft, every editing round, before and after critiques). We
say this because we expect perfection. We want our stories to be golden right
from the start, but that never happens, and that’s fine. Actually, that’s great!
You want to be able to make your story better as you go.
The
fact is, every writer thinks their writing is crap. It’s normal. We read
amazing published books by best-sellers and compare their skill to ours. We
can’t help it, can we? These authors are the ones we admire, so it’s easy to
feel that our writing is inadequate next to theirs.
But
these authors go through this same thing. They can think their writing sucks,
too! And they have! The only difference is they have professional,
top-of-the-line editors to help them. Once they’re done, their book is the gem
that we later buy, read, and praise.
The
same is true of your book. Once you’re done perfecting it, it is the gem that readers and other writers praise.
So
remember, you may hate your work-in-progress now. You may think your writing is
crap, but it won’t stay that way for long, will it? Not if you’re determined.
Grab
your determination and turn your crappy writing to gold!
