The craft is not in some innate spark but in the act of showing up day after day and wrestling with words. The truth is that most early work is messy derivative and often embarrassing in hindsight. Yet that is exactly what forges the skill. You put in the hours learned from your mistakes and kept publishing even when no one was reading and that is the point.
The story of your blog is also a reminder that writing in obscurity can be liberating. Without an audience you are free to experiment and take risks. Those posts even if you now judge them as terrible were still a training ground for voice pacing and structure. A lot of creative growth happens when we work outside the glare of recognition.
There is also a broader lesson here on the tension between honesty and diplomacy in professional environments. Speaking your mind especially about an industry you inhabit can be risky. Framing critique as fiction is one way to sidestep direct confrontation yet the intent needs to be clear to the reader.
The craft is not in some innate spark but in the act of showing up day after day and wrestling with words. The truth is that most early work is messy derivative and often embarrassing in hindsight. Yet that is exactly what forges the skill. You put in the hours learned from your mistakes and kept publishing even when no one was reading and that is the point.
The story of your blog is also a reminder that writing in obscurity can be liberating. Without an audience you are free to experiment and take risks. Those posts even if you now judge them as terrible were still a training ground for voice pacing and structure. A lot of creative growth happens when we work outside the glare of recognition.
There is also a broader lesson here on the tension between honesty and diplomacy in professional environments. Speaking your mind especially about an industry you inhabit can be risky. Framing critique as fiction is one way to sidestep direct confrontation yet the intent needs to be clear to the reader.