I Almost Shared My Deepest Suffering With You: A Cautionary Tale
A few thoughts on a popular trend
Resist the Confessional Writing
The temptation is strong, to bare our deepest wounds, expose our deepest agony, yank out our guts for an audience of strangers.
I've teetered on the brink of this, spurred on by writing workshops led by celebrated authors who propose that our suffering is a gold mine of content. Ghosted. Fired without warning. Abused in ch…
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