I’ve noticed my writing style has changed in the last few years in a very specific way: I seem to have unconsciously/consciously deprecated all features of writing that make it valuable to readers while focusing on those that make it more valuable to me. A more “private” style.
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But there’s a joylessness to such use that is uninterested in its ability to enable rather than retard thought. And it’s not about power per se. Language+power are PB&J when one is not reduced to being an instrument of the other (think good rap lyrics or dialogue in Deadwood)
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Not writer’s block exactly, but I’ve “lost” my *public* voice. A sense of “why bother? no matter how much effort and thought I put into it, some shitty trumpy thing or outrage cycle will take over the discourse”
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Pen vs. sword is a pretty good dichotomy. I think in the current mood practicing shooting would feel more rewarding than practicing writing, as far as cultivating a public voice goes (for the record I’ve never fired a gun or been particularly attracted by the idea)
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(No objection/problems with learning gun skills, and if I had to I suppose I’d learn and get mediocre at it)
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