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Simmo's avatar

Great advice. This notion rhymes with the advice which is often useful when a friend shares that they "want to have a difficult conversation with someone, but they're worried a conflict might happen when all they want is to understand and try to make up."

"Start with that!"

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kyle's avatar

ooh i love this, i've definitely said that a few times but didn't make the connection until i read your comment. gonna use this relentlessly now hahaha

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Unverified Revelations's avatar

incredibly easy when you realize:

- no one will ever read your very early drafts but you;

-computers reduce the cost of editing to nearly zero; it's not like you need to retype a hardcopy

you can just spill your guts into a first draft and trust your future self to refine it into something readable later

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Michelle Elisabeth Varghese's avatar

One of those pieces of advice that rings true, feels true and can still be hard to implement. I liked how you framed it here!

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Ryan Barry's avatar

Love this advice--readers are hungry for this more honest style . . . The genre and conventions of the late 20th and early 21st century styles (which I'd say were driven by academia) are dying. The future is authenticity.

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Marcel McVay's avatar

Awesome. I find myself in this state more often than I’d like to admit. Why can’t i just write what i’m feeling?? hah!

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Cody Hergenroeder's avatar

thank you for this transmission! 😃

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The irrationalist's avatar

🫡

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Redskelton's avatar

This is not useful. Get lost you nameless troll.

If you want to WRITE. GO READ great WORKS~! And gain on the ground experience in the subject.

The Stories will pour out of you like you are fountain for the rest of your life.

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