It’s frustrating to see established writers who write for prestigious publications turn their noses up at “personal essays,” as if that’s not the only way a lot of us can get a foot in the door, as if editors don’t push women especially to add more personal trauma to their pieces
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Young 'uns hope that the personal is a path to sustainable gigs, but as you know, it's a tough market plus one only has so many personal stories of the kind that is extracted from many with that first viral piece. My advice is: try to wait to write that one from stronger ground.
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Other than that totally on board with how some people's personal mid-life crisis, which they didn't exactly shine through, can get rebranded, say, as *cough* a broad quest for a moral life *cough* while amazing writing/depth is dismissed if it's not from such privileged corners!
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This is such good advice and something I wish someone had said to me when I was first starting out (although I might not have listened). Having one thing go viral can feel like you’ve made it, but it’s a tough, tricky road ahead
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Indeed! I try to tell people to wait till when they are ready for *that* piece but virality appears more attractive than its reality.
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I've been wanting to start writing "essays", but the main thing stopping me is my procrastination (re: anxiety) and the fact that once I write it, I have literally 0 clue where it should go. I have my own blog, but most the my topics are themed differently.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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