Do you sometimes feel inadequate compared to other writers?
When reading other writers, I feel that I will never be as good as they are, do you?
We each have our own writing style. I have come a long way since my very first article of content that I have written over two years ago. Each hub or article that I write allows me to perfect my writing style.
No, I really don't find myself comparing my writing to others. I know I can improve and certainly am not perfect....but I have found a style that I enjoy both writing and reading.
I agree with Breastpumpreviews, we all have our own writing style. But yes at a point when I read some great writers like Premchand (in Hindi literature) or Ruskin bond or Shakespear I feel uneasy not just because they had with great writing skills but also because they considered theirselves a common man. They lived with no envious feelings and wrote with no intension to get booker's award. We are compared to other writers and thats certainly not very nice. What prudency you will likely to have if you are comapring banches of the same tree. We have or moral duty to lift up precious skill of writing and I guess comparing or feeling low/ high than other are mere weakness.
definitely. i tend to like what i write and how i write...until i come across someone whose writing stirs my imagination and emotions...then i realize i have a long way to go to be as good as them.
Indeed.
"Writer's Envy" comes to mind when reading the frequent excellence of many who post their articles on HubPages.
Even if I will never be as good, I do what I can to make myself credible-- or incrediblle, if possible.
We all have a niche to fill. It might not be the highest; we can only hope that our contribution is useful, thought-provoking, or even just entertaining in some way.
Yes and no. I am very proud of my writing style. I do have several hubbers that I follow with a very distinct, natural style I love and envy. Since I was trained as a lawyer, I tend to be more fact-oriented and less conversational. I guess the bottom line is that I might like another style, but isn't it great that we all write with our own voices?
Well, I don't know about feeling inadequate, but I do sometimes feel as though my writing may not be as good as others' writing. I'm not a professional writer by any means, but I enjoy writing so I continue to do it whether I'm better than anyone else or not. Most of my writing is on paper and I haven't written any hubs yet...
by Terrye Toombs 11 years ago
What published author has been most influential to your love of writing?I have found that Dean Koontz and Terry Brooks have been very influential in both my writing style and my love of writing. After I read one of their books, I find myself more energized to get back to writing. What authors...
by Jaspal Singh 3 years ago
How important reading is to be a good writer ?
by wildove5 11 years ago
Do my fellow writers sometimes find yourself reading more than writing and vise versa?
by Erica Sanchez 13 years ago
I posted this Question under my questions asked, and I seemed to have gotten a bit of responses, so I ask the question in a forum because I feel it gives off some sort of strive to improvement in writting. Please feel free to answer this forum. Thanks for your participation bellawritter23
by Baileybear 13 years ago
Is it just a fact of life that some will resonate with you and others will feel threatened or despise you because of your writing? Is it just human nature that many people hold on to rigid beliefs? Just a fact of life that some people are on different wavelengths and find it hard to see the...
by Don Bobbitt 9 years ago
I just finished reading a great Hub. But, it was around 1500 words and several paragraphs were 300-400 words long.Gone are the days of saving typewriter paper. Open your articles up with plenty of "White Space". White Space is FREE! Writers need to make their articles easily readable.DON
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