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On Writing #5 - Baby writers, stay away from the saboteurs!

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A rookie mistake our writer tribe often makes is that we allow so many people to influence our creative work. Thanks for reading Sincerely, Chauu’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Yes, we can ask for multiple opinions. But allowing them to influence our work is another different thing. But that’s not yet the worst. We have a very odd fetish for saboteurs: Someone whom we consider to be superior, because we believe their advice is right. Someone who frowns while reading our work and criticizes it, because that’s what is practical and realistic. We’re so new in this realm. It’d be weird to earn even one praise. Someone who, the moment they see us jumping over joy, tells us to stop, get ourselves together, and be alert of possible threats coming our way. Someone who would make us feel bad. And makes us believe that feeling bad is the right thing to do. No pain no gain, am I right? Don’t we just love to let those kinds of people influence our creative

On Writing #5 - Baby writers, stay away from the saboteurs! bao chau May 05, 2024 36 5 6 Share Dear writers, A rookie mistake our writer tribe often makes is that we allow so many people to influence our creative work. Thanks for reading Sincerely, Chauu’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Subscribe Yes, we can ask for multiple opinions. But allowing them to influence our work is another different thing. But that’s not yet the worst. We have a very odd fetish for saboteurs: Someone whom we consider to be superior, because we believe their advice is right. S

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