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Freeing Myself From The Tyranny Of Expectation

I’ll write what comes naturally, even if no one reads it. Because the flip side is worse.

Julie Xu
Julie Xu
Nov 1 · 3 min read

I’ve been experiencing some Medium limbo.

Since joining a new Medium Facebook support group, I’m getting daily reminders of how painfully little I know about writing. I read about writers pitching to the big…

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