The elite are those of the highest caliber. They are the upper echelon of quality. In any endeavor you pursue, you should strive to be elite, not for the fame, but because it would mean that you are doing exceptional work. And there's no point half-assing it.
The catch is that elite can be relative. You can be the best writer in the world, or the country, or state, or city, or neighborhood, or household. Whatever level you may reach, you will find people who look up to you, and you will find others you look up to.
I don't think that you can label every writer as better or worse than any other writer. There may be tiers of quality, but within that tier, everybody is equally elite. You may look up to others and they may look up to you. They may also think that what you have to say is stupid, but you said it really well (there's no accounting for taste, but technical prowess is undeniable).
Probably the worst thing you can do is think of yourself as "the elite". It's perfectly fine to be proud of good work you've done and to acknowledge your skills, but thinking of yourself as better than everybody else is a great way to burn bridges and alienate people.
Be as elite as you are. Strive for as high a tier as you can manage, and wherever you end up, be happy that you made it that far.
About Me
- Kevin Bahler
- I am a writer. A writer is one who writes. By the same logic, I am also a thinker, an observer, and a puzzle solver. I am a graduate from the State University of New York at Cortland with a degree in Professional Writing. The idea of the program is that one studies all three aspects of writing as a whole: Creative Writing, Technical Writing, and Rhetoric. The knowledge I have gained in those subjects is put to use in every aspect of my life. The worst thing a person can be is boring. I am most interested in people who can pique my interests. An example is people who can correctly use the word 'pique'.
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