caitcorrain.bsky.social
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@caitcorrain.bsky.social3/ I see so many writers talk honestly about this but it still feels like sending young writers into a maze of psychological bear traps with no warning.
Show Post2/ that the worst pressure can come from yourself. Creative jobs like writing are hard on your whole concept of yourself and sometimes you just have to step away for your own mental and physical health. Most debut writers are not prepared for that.
Show PostThis really gets to the heart of what a long term writing career can look like at its best and how much pressure there is on debut writers, and how the younger they are, the worse it is. Pressure to continually top your last success, pressure to conform to what publishing thinks readers want. 1/
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