as a someone who writes ALOT (poems, scripts, lists, grants, etc.) and also likes attention, there is something almost gratifying about writing something good and then sharing it with no one. is this growth? unlikely lol
even though you kind of want to??? it’s good to keep some of that stuff to yourself. like those guys who think that never jacking off makes them more powerful or whatever.
ive been writing so much the last couple of weeks, but, for the first time in my life, I've been sharing it with friends and posting it on medium. god, it feels good for people you love to tell you you're good at something
Write every day. So no to other things in order to write.
Share what you write on here and everywhere else. Publish on a blog or a Substack, share links to your work. Don't heed the feedback all that much—good or bad. You know what's in you. Work the muscle of putting it in front of people.
Go to a public library and volunteer to start a writing workshop for an underserved group, like people facing homelessness. Write with them when they write.
my partner often remarks about my "freudian thoughts" wherein which i forget other people have different lives from me. case in point: while shopping for the holidays, i saw birthday party supplies and said "wow, they really put out the birthday stuff early this year" (my birthday is in march). sorry sagitrariuses (sagittari?)
I remember seeing this in an advanced screening and when What’s Up Danger comes on and he does his leap of faith, I felt all the atoms leave my body. I felt completely empty, like I was also falling through a cityscape, filled with a chilled awe. It was freaking surreal.