everybody else.

Some days, I want to be everybody else.

"Why is writing so much harder for me than it is for everybody else?" — every novelist ever, secretly to themselves, all the time

— Lev Grossman (@leverus) April 28, 2015

I have spoken these very words. And it is never secretly to myself. It’s aloud. And usually kind of bitchy.

I don’t think I can justifiably call myself a novelist, but that doesn’t matter. Like all writers, I read… a lot. And my God, even when I’m in the midst of a book that kind of sucks, I’m still thinking, ‘How was it so easy for [author] to get this book published and on bookstore shelves when I’m struggling to find a better word for giggle?’

Reading these words, though, tweeted to the world by a writer, gives me validation… justification. I cannot be as pathetic as I think if even a real novelist feels this way, right?

I think the real take home for me is the new thought running through my head right now…

While I’m thinking writing is so much harder for me than everybody else, someone else is thinking it’s harder for her/him…

And I become everybody else.

~Writing 101: day 7

About what sandra thinks

Sandra is a writer, sometimes blogger, poet, artist, emotional disaster. She thinks far too much and sleeps far too little. Sandra lives in the Northeastern U.S. but dreams of an oceanfront home in Italy, but she would settle for a non-oceanfront home in Italy. She loves books, brutal honesty, coffee, and the color black. She hates insincerity, beer, whipped cream, and facebook. And she is uncomfortable talking about herself in the third person.

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3 Responses to everybody else.

stephannieruiz says:

10 November 2015 at 12:50 am

Yes! I can relate! I really like your approach on this! I never saw it this way which is a relief in a way haha. I laughed at the part where you wrote : ” ‘How was it so easy for [author] to get this book published and on bookstore shelves when I’m struggling to find a better word for giggle?’”. I understand the feeling .

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- whatsandrathinks says:
  
  10 November 2015 at 1:50 am
  
  I am ALWAYS so happy to hear I’ve made someone laugh. Thanks so much for posting!
  
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Wandering Soul says:

10 November 2015 at 5:44 am

Like. Agree. Relate to. Have experienced it. You just put into words what we all feel and think every day.
And my God, even when I’m in the midst of a book that kind of sucks, I’m still thinking, ‘How was it so easy for [author] to get this book published and on bookstore shelves when I’m struggling to find a better word for giggle?’
This is so true, and I myself have wondered in the last 24 hours the exact same thing. Strange, how we all go through the same thoughts and feelings. 🙂

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