Green Room - Week 26 - Day 4
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therealljidolIn 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.
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.
***
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.
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Date: 2011-05-20 07:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-20 07:30 pm (UTC)I was trying to comment on what you said about your being surprised by which of your pieces get the strongest reactions and what your "sure thing" piece gets the weakest.
I have yet to figure out why that happens. I've had my share of it too. It just totally mystifies me sometimes. If I'm in a particular mood, I'll then start doubting myself as in, "Is this piece as good as I think it is?" Really, I've driven myself crazy more than once thinking like that.
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Date: 2011-05-20 07:32 pm (UTC)I don't spend a whole lot of time thinking about it anymore. It seems to be a futile exercise. I mean, I suppose if I knew what people wanted to read all the time, I'd already be a millionaire writer with a mansion and a yacht.
Besides, objectively, its totally fine for me to love something I wrote that nobody else loves. There's a ton of art that I like that none of my friends like. Why should my own writing be any different? :P
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Date: 2011-05-21 02:28 am (UTC)Dude, you just need to expand any number of your LJI pieces into a novel and have that published and I reckon you could be a millionaire writer. It's just the doing part you're missing. :P