Blind Admissions

I Can’t Write Serious Stuff

Can you?

(Adrien Coquet/Noun Project)

I once worked for Cornwall Today Magazine in the UK as a feature writer. I wrote 1000-word pieces on tourist hotspots, restaurants, local events, fishing and agriculture. It was pretty bland stuff, but it was a job.

One morning the editor came up to me and quietly whispered: ‘Can I have a word?’