It’s been said, probably to others, but somewhere to me as well, that you can’t write anything that anyone will care to read until you learn to write nakedly. To put yourself out there, and expose yourself in whatever it is you’re saying or sharing. I don’t agree one hundred percent, but I agree enough to believe it. Which isn’t to say that I can’t keep folks interested without taking off my pants, but only that people will only truly be interested when I show them my pant-less writing sessions. That’s right, I have those posts but I’m not inclined nor obligated to post them. So it goes.
In the old days of Internet writing, when it was reasonable to be anonymous, I maintained pages of posts where I wrote more freely, but still kept the more honest words to myself. Only to admit, my dearest compadres know where to read me. Perhaps someday I’ll be willing to share the same with all of you. In the mean time, we’ll have to agree and settle on these words I place here. No hard feelings, no lost emotions. Just one opinion to another.
Assuming, though, that you’re not hear to read about things of which I’ve never written, but rather to figure out how to write better than you do now — know that exposing yourself is the path to faithful readers. People want to relate to writers/others that are not perfect. Share your stories, share your faults. In the not so famous words of writer/rapper Ice Cube, "do your thang, man, fuck what they lookin’ at."
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