I feel a certain type of anxiety as I type this. I made the fatal error of opening Medium.com. I was welcomed by a post recommendation that just grabbed my attention.
LINK.
The title, the image, the content - EVERYTHING was a different tier.
I immediately got deflated. How am I supposed to compete with that?
Just earlier today, I was comfortable with finding a conclusion to the piece I have been struggling with for a few days. I did a happy dance thinking 90% of the work is done. And now this. People have spent time on the visuals, the title, the subtitle and incredible story. There are amazing writers on Medium and everyone and their mother have decided to compete.
I feel the jitters of nervousness. More than I have before any writing work I have done. I feel the need to do my story justice and stick to my system. Keep things simple and use less words. I can't be as sophisticated as these seasoned writers. And trying to be will only spoil my work.
48 hours to go. Crunch time.
LINK.
The title, the image, the content - EVERYTHING was a different tier.
I immediately got deflated. How am I supposed to compete with that?
Just earlier today, I was comfortable with finding a conclusion to the piece I have been struggling with for a few days. I did a happy dance thinking 90% of the work is done. And now this. People have spent time on the visuals, the title, the subtitle and incredible story. There are amazing writers on Medium and everyone and their mother have decided to compete.
I feel the jitters of nervousness. More than I have before any writing work I have done. I feel the need to do my story justice and stick to my system. Keep things simple and use less words. I can't be as sophisticated as these seasoned writers. And trying to be will only spoil my work.
48 hours to go. Crunch time.
I’d argue you opened an outlier entry.
I don’t want to believe every submission as at that level of creativity / depth.
By the way, I think you’re a better story teller than that. That article relied heavily on its premise “the falling man” which was okay.
The story could have been more engaging.
Can’t wait to read yours.
Thank you