You Have Left the Planned Route | Melissa Firman

You Have Left the Planned Route | Melissa Firman

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You Have Left the Planned Route | Melissa Firman
You Have Left the Planned Route | Melissa Firman
On (the not) Writing

On (the not) Writing

Sometimes I just want to come here and…just write without my self-imposed public service announcement prelude of whatever f**kery is in our midst.

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I had an epiphany the other day regarding my writing here, particularly my inability to do so on a regular basis. (And I’m not alone, I know, in this quagmire. Nearly every writing friend I’ve spoken to in recent weeks has expressed the same, that life these days feels too heavy and too much; that despite our best effort…

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