why is writing so hard?
a place for my thinking on this upcoming essay
why is writing so hard?
According to mimetic theory, others act as models of desire for us.
Vita Benes
If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing real emotion at the center of your work. Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Risk being unliked. Tell the truth as you understand it. If you’re a writer you have a moral ob... See more
writing from the heart is so hard because you can't tell whether you're being honest or performing for the audience
Maybe obsessing over vulnerability is itself a way of not being vulnerable
Vulnerability in writing is a precision tool.“ If we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known,” Tim Kreider wrote in a New York Times opinion piece that has since become a wildly popular Tumblr meme.
Jess Zimmerman • A Cow with a Hole in It
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