Green Room - Week 26 - Day 4

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In case you missed the ground shaking last night, the results from the final Round Two came in: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/464364.html True to form, they managed to shake things up.

How much will be shaken up (or perhaps stirred, not enough things are stirred these days. Damn you Bond!) when our Top 17 take the stage? http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/462769.html Only time will tell.

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I'm running low on time this morning - but I did want to start the ball rolling on some meta:

I "get" low self esteem. I get being humble and thinking you can do a better job. But if you are at this point - you are here for a reason.

People like your work.

When you are eliminated. That doesn't mean people have stopped liking your work either. With the sheer talent pool this season, that means someone got a few more butts in the seats for that particular entry. Which is fine, and it is how it works in the "real world" of publishing as well. Publishing, and pretty much every other aspect of life.

The number one thing is that you need to believe in yourself, and writing *for yourself*. Do you need to keep your audience in mind? Of course. Being able to find a successful fusion of those two concepts can separate someone struggling from someone successful at what they are doing. There are plenty of writers who can string together brilliant pieces and don't manage to find that level of connection that they need to have in order to get noticed, and stay noticed.

Comments

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

I just find it sad that you don't see how adored you really are.

No one has 100% of the voters voting for them, though. So even I kind of feel like everyone must have at least one person thinking the things mstrobel mentioned, about them. Just because you don't hear it doesn't mean they don't exist. No one publicly states whose entries they don't especially like, but we all have people we've felt that way about, don't we? Even if they've all been voted out by now, I'd bet everyone has at least one person they've thought those things about.

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Every single person probably has someone that doesn't like them. Probably multiple people. That's life. I'm not saying everyone adores her, but that people do love and respect her, she's a wonderful writer. If anything, I adore and admire her. You'll never have everyone loving you. It's not possible. Trust me, I've tried :P