The fragile ego of a writer.
I know it well.
A critique over one typo can throw a writer off and make them even question why they bother to write in the first place.
Yesterday it got me.
An unsolicited editor found an error in one of my blogs. They felt compelled to inform me of it.
One word with one wrong letter.
I find it irritating that I can write hundreds of articles without any comments whatsoever and then one person picks out one single typo.
“Must” should have been “most”.
OMGosh that alters the entire writing universe!
Well, for some reason I can’t stop writing but I can limit my audience. I have evolved as a writer over the years. I don't have a need to impress anyone. I write for me. In the beginning my motives were different. I wanted approval, attention and popularity. I don't need affirmation from anyone to write. I can write in this blog or I can write where there is no audience like in one of my many journals.
I'm not going to let one typo stop me but it does alter my course a bit. It forces me to re-evaluate why and how I write.
I have written - and self-published - a few books hoping secretly for some sort of success but never achieved what I expected. Each success, each failure and each critique forces a writer to re-examine why they do what they do. I once wrote for others but now I write for me. In the past I was even guilty of "targeting" my writing toward someone but have done a better job of stepping back.
One typo.
Does that change me now?
I guess we will see. Stay tuned.
