tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post7797890135177786109..comments2023-09-16T15:03:34.579+07:00Comments on Adam Heine: You're Not the Best (and that's Okay)Adam Heinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-456718682416215102011-07-13T15:15:37.210+07:002011-07-13T15:15:37.210+07:00AMEN, Adam. Comparison is the antithesis of progre...AMEN, Adam. Comparison is the antithesis of progression...so said someone a lot more confident in their work than me.<br /><br />This is a really good reminder. Thanks!K. Marie Criddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08591374827185284413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-50345656110113594942011-07-09T12:05:23.201+07:002011-07-09T12:05:23.201+07:00Oo, Michael, that's a good one!Oo, Michael, that's a good one!Adam Heinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-2409386420540670942011-07-09T11:34:19.078+07:002011-07-09T11:34:19.078+07:00Compare yourself now to yourself before, and keep ...Compare yourself now to yourself before, and keep on improving.Michael LaRoccahttp://www.editormichael.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-33886785684636858972011-07-09T08:28:45.108+07:002011-07-09T08:28:45.108+07:00@linda: Use that tall girl to challenge yourself! ...@linda: Use that tall girl to challenge yourself! You can be taller, I believe in you! (Okay, seriously, I don't know what you can do with that ;-).<br /><br /><br />@Victoria: Thanks for quote, and I agree (both with the quote and that I've never been able to stop comparing anyway). Also thanks for the vote!Adam Heinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-33773901120760485342011-07-09T04:45:53.180+07:002011-07-09T04:45:53.180+07:00What a great post, Adam. John Donne supposedly sai...What a great post, Adam. John Donne supposedly said "Comparisons are odious." I say supposedly because I got the quote from a piece of fiction (and had to look up the meaning of odious afterwards LOL) but I've always liked the thought. You can't stop yourself from thinking by comparison, but I love the idea of using that comparison in a positive fashion. <br /><br />Wanted to tell you I voted for Pawn's Gambit and enjoyed the story. ;DVictoria Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978050059674596756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-78611983742708222872011-07-08T22:24:49.169+07:002011-07-08T22:24:49.169+07:00Terrific post. My biggest prob w comparison is tha...Terrific post. My biggest prob w comparison is that it usually leads to false writing on my part or significant mental interference.Joshua McCunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367262185912463258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-80097331254423918112011-07-08T21:36:45.332+07:002011-07-08T21:36:45.332+07:00Pretty much a common problem of mine too. Especial...Pretty much a common problem of mine too. Especially if it's something I'm new at or still learning. A piece of my confidence pie gets eaten by whatever or whoever I feel intimidated by. But I really like the way you put this. You have opened my eyes to a new way of looking at it. <br /><br />Thanks!!Joey Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698824072521756174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-54230349998831518332011-07-08T21:31:42.014+07:002011-07-08T21:31:42.014+07:00LOL! I suppose magical wizardry would be pretty en...LOL! I suppose magical wizardry would be pretty entertaining.<br /><br />I don't really consider myself to be the best at anything or have that as my goal. The closest thing I can think of is that I'm usually the tallest girl, and it does feel weird when I meet another girl who's taller than me... but then I'm not sure how you'd advise me to use that comparison. :P<br /><br />What annoys me more is when there's someone who's decent enough at something and then someone else starts raving about how mind-blowingly amazing that person is when I don't think it's deserved. Or when someone doesn't recognize the quality of my work. Hm. It sounded more relevant when it was just in my head. XDlindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16524291742541007382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-56801501179942761762011-07-08T20:21:39.630+07:002011-07-08T20:21:39.630+07:00The writing industry is like no other I've wor...The writing industry is like no other I've worked in, with this constant drive to compare, and an insistence (by some) that we need an external stamp of approval for our writing to be considered "good." What a fantastic way to kill the creative impulse in writers just starting on their journey (or even well along the path)! Which makes the human-observer part of me wonder if that isn't the purpose of it.<br /><br />I love your challenge-educate-entertain pyramid. As I was telling the kids (in my library class), you can never be JK Rowling or Suzanne Collins. You can only be YOU. Striving for improvement in your own realm of one allows your uniqueness to shine out into the world.<br /><br />And the world needs that. :)Susan Kaye Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348197999397141067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-43165093775663997782011-07-08T19:55:20.741+07:002011-07-08T19:55:20.741+07:00This thinking crippled me for years. I would compa...This thinking crippled me for years. I would compare my writing to writer X, declare myself inferior, and stop writing. <br /><br />It took me a very long time (Eternal Knight took 23 years to write) to realize that 1) It is impossible to be "best" and 2) I don't have to be best.<br /><br />What I did have to do was to work hard and improve.Hepiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15454133938753758390noreply@blogger.com