Why is it that....
we can garden, play sports, exercise, do crafts ... and often do these things with great passion and work hard to excel ... and never feel badly because we are not recognized for our achievement -- but when it comes to our writing, if we don't gain recognition, we feel like a failure?
It is so peculiar -- more than peculiar -- it can be devasting -- that we give away our pleasure and our passion, the great inner journey, the great gift of being a writer, because "someone" (who?????) doesn't recognize our work.
I myself too often fall victim to seeing myself as a failure because my book doesn't sell or there is some other "rejection". Yet I know in my heart, in the deepest, truest part of myself, that being a writer is something I am and that the "outer" world can not give or take away my gift.
The greatest joy of writing, is writing.
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
Eleanor Roosevelt
Let's hear your feelings on this crucial delimna for the writer!
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It is so peculiar -- more than peculiar -- it can be devasting -- that we give away our pleasure and our passion, the great inner journey, the great gift of being a writer, because "someone" (who?????) doesn't recognize our work.
I myself too often fall victim to seeing myself as a failure because my book doesn't sell or there is some other "rejection". Yet I know in my heart, in the deepest, truest part of myself, that being a writer is something I am and that the "outer" world can not give or take away my gift.
The greatest joy of writing, is writing.
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
Eleanor Roosevelt
Let's hear your feelings on this crucial delimna for the writer!
Add your comment but clicking "comment" below.
posted by Emily Hanlon at
1/08/2005 02:56:00 PM
1 Comments:
Thanks for reminding me of this. It's true. Writing is my soul and heart. When I write I feel as though I had worked out. It is toxic for me when I do not write.Writing has taken me through times of despair, intense anxiety, and just inertia.
I think ICK and the desire to publish have some kind of informal connection. Of course the inner writer and publishing have a contract too. Delicate lines. Need reminders like this one to stay clear on priorities. Thanks. Eliza
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