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Just Sayin''s avatar

careful...writing with an eye on the reader count could begin to distort your voice. "What they want to hear" is far less important than "what I need to say".

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Edwin Leap's avatar

A great point! Thank you for the reminder. I remember that Hemingway said something like that. Basically, it was 'if you listen to critics when they like you then you'll listen to them when they don't and it will affect your work.' (Badly paraphrased...) Appreciate it.

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Joe Majewski's avatar

We retired ER nurses sure like the attention.

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