they told me a long time ago i had "promise"- and i didn't understand what it meant. and then i wrote more, and they said i was "good" and i thought "that's cool."
then, i began to see something - i looked for patterns and found them, recreated them, studied the masters, emulating their techniques, and i thought i knew what i was doing.
then the awful truth hit me: no one cares. you can write in whatever style you want, and no one cares. because it's not about the things you say, and it's not about how you say it - it's about what the audience hears.
And it's about understanding - that none of us are great, we simply ARE.