The Pressure To Be Creative

Don’t Let It Get To You —It’s Only Words

Elle Fredine
Sep 4, 2018 · 4 min read

Don’t let it get to you — it’s only words? What — ?

I know — it seems almost heretical to say that to a writer, doesn’t it?

Words are how we make our living online — or try to, some of us. And it’s hard, having your creativity on-call twenty-four-seven. Or thinking we have to be… Or feeling like we…

Elle Fredine

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West-Coaster, born and bred; northerner at heart; writing online since 2008; fiction, poetry, humor, and articles on feminism, writing, relationships and love

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