What if i try to not be more eloquent than I am in real life?
sometimes when people (me) write, they try to hard to say what everyone wants them to. the tendancy is to try to sound more intelligent, more aware, more witty, more interesting, more more. with a better vocabulary and larger bank of experience and better sources and better connections and better better.
what would happen if everyone just WROTE? just wrote what they would say. just wrote what they were thinking. just wrote what they wanted. just wrote. and didn't edit or second guess or write for a specific audience...
what if we all wrote as if no one was listening? that is my goal. that is my first step in my new mantra: One day I will be myself instead of who they want me to be.
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Hello! I just wanted to say Hi and thanks for being a follower of mine (hah).
ReplyDeleteI'm Taylor. I am soooo curious about how you found me! I'm 75% sure that you found me by state? I've never actually written to someone from around here! And, I give you kudos(!), I've been thinking about going to U of M myself!
I wish you the best of luck with your book! I will get around to reading some of your poems in a few.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Taylor
so, i found you because you have a lot of similarities to me. a scary amount? and yeah, you're from michigan. pretty cool, no? my poetry is a compilation (swamp) of feelings, venting, negativity, pure fiction, silliness, 20/20 hindsight and hope. i guess i think maybe i can be helpful, but actually, i think maybe you can help me by just being real. it's so hard to find a 30+ year old who isn't completely fake or putting on a front for the world. for the record, i really loved uofm, but my husband is a die hard state fan, so god bless him. i'm not gonna tell you where to go, but ann arbor is pretty amazing. either way, good luck! can't wait to see what you accomplish... :)
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