It’s interesting – I often see internet writers defending themselves for being human. They say things like: No I’m not a hypocrite! I do NOT contradict myself! I am NOT a mess! Well, of course you do and of course you are. We’re all human and so if you write truthfully long enough - you are inevitably going to reveal your imperfect humanity. That’s what you’re supposed to do. A writer is not supposed to be a perfect human being, just a fully human being allowing others to watch her messy, beautiful, fully human heart open and close and reopen again and again. So when someone calls me inconsistent or hypocritical or messy - I just think: YES! Exactly! When internet writers ask me for advice- one of the first things I tell them is: ”If you can avoid defending yourself for being human, you might have enough energy to keep writing. Don’t defend yourself, and don’t get your needs confused. You don’t need to be right- you just need to write.” -Glennon Melton
Posted on: Tue, 27 May 2014 18:11:23 +0000
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