why you can (and should) write
a/n: is that how you format author's notes? it is now! whew what a mess, i hope this is at least coherent. i tried to avoid sounding preach-ey or like some sorta inspirational speaker cause that feels annoying and condescending, hopefully that worked. writing isn't sacred. which sounds obvious—the act of putting words next to each other is second nature to us. we write when we text a friend. we write when we name files on our computer. when we make shopping lists and other reminders to ourselves. "oh, but that isn't REAL writing", you might be thinking. for a long time, i would've agreed. there's real writing. and then there's the silly unserious unimportant writing that most people (and i) do. but hold it a second. "real" and "fake" are bold distinctions to make. to quote the professor responding to my half-assed answer in an 8am discussion section i skipped the reading for, "please elaborate on that." to be a bit dra...