100 Naked Words — Day 35
Did it Change You?
Reflections, Ripples and Ramblings of a Restless Mind
I was planning this short post for a month — almost before I’d even started writing here.
Then before I knew it, I’d crossed my own deadline, all of a sudden I’m on day 35.
I had planned to write how the last month or so writing on 100 Naked Words has frustrated, challenged, scared; but mainly helped me. But the train of thought led to a much longer post about writing on Medium and for various publications which you can find find here at The Writing Cooperative.
But I’d like to dive a little deeper into 100 Naked Words because this is the channel that I am most vulnerable on, most open, most authentic.
It’s where I have spoken as I would behind closed doors or in hallowed halls, where I have confessed as only I would to my most intimate of friends, I’ve written without shame — and because of those that choose to read what I write — without solitude. I’ve tried to be creative here, I’ve tried to reflect and report. I’ve tried to be honest.
I’ve treated the daily ritual of publishing on 100 Naked Words as I would writing in my own diary. And that’s scary. Because you write your diary for yourself. You must write it for yourself, because the mere thought that someone else might read your innermost thoughts would change the very words you pen.
But in writing for myself, I have found enjoyment in writing for others. I don’t try and create a persona so as not to betray who I am, I don’t don a mask to confuse or deceive the reader. I don’t indulge in petty conceits.
My contract here with my reader is simple. I write, they read.
I don’t ask that they like what they read, nor that they like who I am. I only hope that they come away thinking, and hopefully feeling differently.
Writing on 100 Naked Words has opened my eyes to myself, I wonder what else it may help reveal in time.
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