Writing About Writing vol 16
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“Just talk it out…” That seems like a simple enough instruction to follow, right? Well let me explain something. I am a middle child by birth order, a creative weirdo by nature and a bit of a misunderstood outcast due to both of the above. … I also talk about writing like underground rappers talk about rapping. It is something I enjoy and I am good at. You know what I DON’T do a lot and never became particularly good at? Talking! This isn’t to say I am inarticulate or lack vocabulary, I am just used to “sit down and shut up” as a parenting technique that I tend to silently watch a room until I need to talk. Unless I am excited. When I am excited, unless the audience is similarly interested in what I am yammering on about then I fully expect to feel the “sit down and shut up” vibe I was raised on. The only difference is nobody better put their hands on me, lest there will be an expensive lesson taught. The same can be said for topics that I am par