By: Beka

Beka — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:58:54 +0000

Wow, this was a very inspiring post. I know exactly what the ‘imposter syndrome’ feels like, seeing as I experience it with practically every new idea that I have. You get such an amazing idea and get excited about it, and then…wait…somebody has already come up with this. And it’s an Academy-Award-winning movie. Great.
This post reminded me that even is somebody has already ‘thought of that’, they almost definitely didn’t do it in the same way that you are doing it or are going to do it. And that is what counts, how your idea is unique to you, even if it seems like it’s been done before. Because it hasn’t been done the way you do it, and it won’t be done that way unless you do it.
So go ahead, write it. Maybe it will be even better, who knows!

By: Melanie Marttila

Melanie Marttila — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 01:05:29 +0000

Thanks for this wonderful post Gabriela!
And here’s a resource in return: https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
Sir Ken Robinson’s Ted Talk. Though it’s entitled Do schools kill creativity? It’s really about how our society nurtures, or fails to nurture, creativity and how we can all get the message that we are stupid because we think differently from the math and science or althetic crowd. This is the seed that can express itself as the impostor syndrome in adult life.
If we’ve gotten far enough to live authentically as writers, to admit it, to declare it proudly, then we’re not frauds. I still say, write the book you want to. An idea that may seem derrivative can be tweaked into an original premise. Turn left. Trust yourself.
The other good thing about subways? It’s the same set of trains that come around again and again, but like the stream in the zen saying, it’s never the same one twice. It’s changed, and so have you.
Cheers!

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