The Dissonance Of Being A Deeply Flawed Writer

Do I have to be a perfect person to write?

Rebeca Ansar
Nov 1 · 3 min read

The need to be perfect has been following me around like a dreary cloud for decades now, and it has caused me to teeter on an emotional tightrope. I get lost on the spectrum that is, at one end, a frustrating nuisance and, at the other, a debilitating personality crisis.

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B.A. South Asian Studies| B.A. Cognitive Science| Exploring the human condition through writing | Hyphenated American |Intersectional Feminist | rebecaansar.com

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