How Author Ann Patchett Makes Me Miserable
At least once during my six week Fearless Writing Workshops, I say to the women attending: Comparison is the key to unhappiness. And while I know this is absolutely true, I still do it.
If I want to take a fast train to feeling miserable, all I have to do is compare myself to the novelist, Ann Patchett. To me–a novelist of literary...
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Dawn Lee wrote: "I so get this. There's a fine and dusty line between being inspired by truly great writing and being defeated by it. There are times when I tell myself that I'll never be as funny or unique as T.R...."Hi Dawn,
Wonderful comment. Thanks for getting it! Now I don't quite feel so alone. Perhaps we are kindred spirits in some way. I would like that.
To use your words: May we both be inspired and not defeated.
With every good wish,
Susan
Those are the times when I have to give myself a good slap in the face, have a glass of Ovaltine, tell myself that surely there's something in my writing that Burke can't do and just get on with it.