The Creative Writing Class — Meat & Hair

If you happen to be the one in this scenario, please demonstrate your acknowledgment by waving your pen in the air with an air of indifference 🖊 🎶 🤌

Let’s disregard the peculiar resemblance of that pen to a squid impersonating a microphone and focus on whether this situation resonates with you!

You engage in the act of composing digital content 💻, encompassing newsletters, blog entries, essays, articles, courses, persuasive materials, sales pitches, literary works, social media posts, and occasionally, unintentionally passive-aggressive messages to clients—AND ALSO…

In real-life interactions, you are a jovial individual (you assert this!) yet you perpetually find it challenging to transcribe your thoughts onto paper. Every piece of your writing seems to acquire a tad too much of an academic tone. (Alright, let’s be frank, it tends to lean heavily in that direction.) When you reevaluate your written creations, you’re left with an irresistible urge to stroll straight into the sea. 🦈

What’s even more disconcerting is that you unintentionally adopt a more assertive and “bro-marketing” tone than you initially intended: everything seems contrived, and you fret over coming across as excessively forceful. It all feels a tad generic, overused, and cliché, leading you to endure a laborious and time-consuming ordeal. You’re beginning to harbor a sense of dread toward the process of “content creation.” 😵‍💫

And to be honest? Most of the time, you sense that your efforts are in vain. 👻 You invest so much effort into “crafting content,” but it appears that no one pays attention, acknowledges, or delves into your epic narratives akin to the Magna Carta. Could it be due to your choice of subject lines? Your writing style, perhaps? That one occasion when you used a certain expletive? (Which subsequently prompted disapproval from 50 individuals…)

Moreover, if you belong to any of the following categories, you earn extra commendation points: (a) An individual whose native language isn’t English; (b) A scientist or academic, surrounded by fellow scholars and academics; (c) A corporate professional for whom internet-based writing now feels unfamiliar due to a sense of disillusionment!; (d) Stacey’s mother. We’ve been anticipating your introduction since 2003.

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