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humility
Check Your Ego before You Wreck Your Writing
Writers can be an egotistical bunch. I should know. I’m one of them.
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How to Be a Better Writer: Be Humble
If you wish to become a better writer, you have to work on your craft. You also have to be humble. Yes, you should take pride in your work and be confident in your abilities as a writer, but you must still be humble. You must be teachable.
Hubris and Humility
hubris n : exaggerated pride or self-confidence often resulting in retribution
A well-known proverb says that pride goes before a fall. Perhaps the proverb was thinking of the problem of hubris, that is, an inflated sense of self that results in punishment. Why? Hubris seems to have, at least in one of its aims, the goal of belittling others. It’s also entirely false, meaning that a person with the problem of hubris might take on a project for which he or she is not ready. It is, after all, an “exaggerated” sense of self. It is not a correct reflection upon one’s character and abilities.