Some existential thoughts from a band brony · 2:34am Apr 6th, 2012
Hello there.
Let me start this off by saying that I'm not a good writer. The only reason I write is because I enjoy doing it, but that in no respects makes me a competent author. For the longest time now, I've lost sight of why I enjoy doing what I do, and that really started eating me up inside. I got really depressed, and I seriously sonsidered just quitting writing all together.
I had always hoped to be this trend setting, block-buster success of a writer, and when that didn't happen immediately, I started to doubt myself. I looked at my friends on this site who had found success, and I began to grow jealous of them. I convinced myself that I just wasn't a good enough writer, and that no one really cared about what I did.
All this may be true. It may be false. I don't care. After all this, I finally realized that it doesn't matter whether I'm a super-duper-famous writer, or even anything close to that. I write because it makes me happy. And while it's nice to be recognized for my work, that's really not the most important thing when you get down to it.
I guess what I'm getting at in all my convoluted ramblings is thank you. Thank you for supporting me in all my crazy ponyfied endeavors.
Happy Thursday.
EDIT: Godess, I'm such a downer sometimes. Have some adorable Celestia to salvage this train wreck of a blog.
Trust me, you may not think you're a amazing writer (because we are own worst critics), but trust me when I say that you're several notches above a lot of other authors on this site.
Every author is a great author, no matter how the public views their stories. For anyone to say that a story is terrible is to say that they like to waste their time calling a story terrible.
Even though the EqD pre-readers possess somewhat of a hate for me now, I still send in my stories and wait for a response.
In other words, shoot for the stars (in the fandom anyway) and don't give up until you wore the populace out
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Write for yourself, edit for your audience, and believe in yourself. Don't forget that you have friends.
If anyone envies anyone's success, I envy your's, Bud!
I write because it makes me happy
And that, at the end of the day, is what it's all about. If you are happy then (a) mission is accomplished and (b) it will show in the quality of your work. And there is quality there, mark it.