Click the video below to find out why you don’t need to be a better writer than everybody else – you just need some self-belief.
Hello my lovely writers.
I wanted to talk today about the myth that, as a writer, you’ve got to be better than everybody else in order to find readers or get that book deal, or get published and find your Amazon fans.
I want to let you know that it really isn’t true. You don’t have to be the best.
You don’t need to be a perfect writer
You have to be good enough and many writers are good enough.
They don’t aspire to be the Pulitzer Prize winner or the writer of a generation. They want to share stories and get a message across to their readers. Whether the message is about love, justice, or the climate – whatever it might be, there’s a message somebody wants to share through their books.
You don’t have to be perfect to do that. You just have to know enough.
And you have to get started.
You need self-belief
You must have the self-belief in your own voice and your own capabilities to bring that story to life and take your readers on an adventure.
When you do that, it doesn’t matter the level of skill you’ve got. What matters is that you touch someone’s heart, you speak to them soul to soul and you speak to them on an emotional level, not on a ‘Wow, their grammar’s great,’ level. That’s not what people are looking for. Readers don’t care about that – they just want a good, smooth read.
If you can relate to your characters, bring them to life and show them the empathy they need, your reader is going to connect with them and that is going to find you your number one fans and the people who will continue to come back to you time and time again because they know they’re going to get a brilliant story from you.
It’s not being better than anybody else that’s going to get you your readers and get you where you want to be. It is getting the words on the page and trusting that you are good enough.
Emma xx
Emma Dhesi
Emma Dhesi is a Certified Author Accelerator Book Coach and bestselling author who helps writers let go of perfectionism, self-doubt and writer's block through her signature programme, Unlock Your Creative Block.
She is the host of the YouTube Channel, Emma Dhesi, where she interviews debut and experienced authors alike.
Through her 1:1 coaching programme, Emma helps new authors start and finish their first novel.
Emma provides personal written feedback on their pages and guides them through the emotional rollercoaster that is writing a novel!
