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Being Known
Why do you share your writing?
When I was five years old I dictated stories to my parents for hours, who patiently put my imagination to paper and helped me illustrate my works of art. I have been writing for as long as I can remember.
In college I took Creative Writing and Poetry courses mostly just to get an easy A and eventually resorted to writing only in private; filling countless journals throughout my college years as I struggled with eating disorders, sexual assault, and too many heartaches.
As life twisted and turned I continued to write, adding a published dissertation to my childhood novels, writing for local parenting publications, and dabbling in my own blog for a while. But I always held back.
My dreams of writing a book “someday” became more distant as life happened and as my fear of being known, despite my simultaneous yearning for it, got in the way.
And then one day, following an experience that shook me, I was ready; ready to step out into the world with all of my imperfections and say — here I am!
I was ready to share of myself and ready to be known. I started writing real and raw on Medium in May (2020), and I continue to challenge myself daily despite the…
