Emma's comments were absolutely lovely as this essay is. Your comments about self censoring hit hard for me. I didn't know I was a writer until I joined Mr. Palahniuk's substack about three years ago. To my knowledge I was only marginally competent at business writing/writing resumes. When I began his substack group, I joined because I wanted to improve my fashion blog writing and impress my hero, Mr Palahniuk so he would say "Hi" to me in substack comments.
As I read more I found that...gasp...I learned more about writing. I even learned how to organize my thoughts a bit better. I also found that even my most benign essays were offending people. I was ghosted and told I sound crazy and then others would tell me it was brilliant. Mr. Palahniuk says "Write your crazy on the paper and leave it there." The right people will hail you and the rest will fall away...Thankfully. I now pay no attention to those who knee-jerk when they read my writing. I love a heartfelt argument about ideas that I may present and I can argue about my beloved writing all day but I will not deal with trolls and I'm not bothered in the slightest by them any more. I will continue to exercise my write rite. Don't like? Step off.
I dont even have my fashion blog any more either. I was bored by it. lol
Emma's comments were absolutely lovely as this essay is. Your comments about self censoring hit hard for me. I didn't know I was a writer until I joined Mr. Palahniuk's substack about three years ago. To my knowledge I was only marginally competent at business writing/writing resumes. When I began his substack group, I joined because I wanted to improve my fashion blog writing and impress my hero, Mr Palahniuk so he would say "Hi" to me in substack comments.
As I read more I found that...gasp...I learned more about writing. I even learned how to organize my thoughts a bit better. I also found that even my most benign essays were offending people. I was ghosted and told I sound crazy and then others would tell me it was brilliant. Mr. Palahniuk says "Write your crazy on the paper and leave it there." The right people will hail you and the rest will fall away...Thankfully. I now pay no attention to those who knee-jerk when they read my writing. I love a heartfelt argument about ideas that I may present and I can argue about my beloved writing all day but I will not deal with trolls and I'm not bothered in the slightest by them any more. I will continue to exercise my write rite. Don't like? Step off.
I dont even have my fashion blog any more either. I was bored by it. lol
Also Jordan Peterson essay sparked the writing curiosity in me. Critical thinking and writing go hand in hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfDOoADCfkg