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Matt Hearnden's avatar

Read this again and had to shine a light on this bit: "Writing for an audience doesn’t mean I don’t write for me, it just means that I hold my writing accountable to reality."

So good. Thanks!

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Alex Baia's avatar

Appreciate that. Not an easy line to walk!

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Matt Hearnden's avatar

Also, I have a question: how does one move from newb to pro? How did you do it?

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Alex Baia's avatar

Deliberate writing practice at the edge of your ability, over the long term. But this is a great question, and I'll plan to write a more full answer in an upcoming post

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Matt Hearnden's avatar

Makes sense. And thank you!

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Matt Hearnden's avatar

Not at all!

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Matt Hearnden's avatar

Loved this one. Very timely for me. Thank you, sir!

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Bev Potter's avatar

So it's okay to be the Ego for *looks at watch* 25 years, right?

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Alex Baia's avatar

Yes, but I would cap it at 26 personally.

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