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Mar 11, 2022 17 min

A Rough Week, Sciatica, and a Call to Resist

from Confessions of a Working Writer Hosted by Matt Hampton

This week has been one of the worst in recent memories. A series of circumstances conspired to set every plan I had on fire and blow the ashes into a windstorm while I watched. It was terrible, and it felt terrible. But then I got a message from a young writer struggling with failing by following the steps in an online course from some random writing guru...and I got mad. Mad because there's a multibillion-dollar industry feeding on our fear. Mad because people lose faith in themselves and their dreams as a result. Mad because we can do better. We can resist! Join me for another Confession of a Working Writer! Support the show Join us for another Confession of a Working Writer Intro and Outro music courtesy of Georgia Moon (https://www.thegeorgiamoon.com/) You can find more from Matt at Medium (https://medium.com/@matthewrhampton) Twitter (https://twitter.com/mhamptonwriter)

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This week has been one of the worst in recent memories. A series of circumstances conspired to set every plan I had on fire and blow the ashes into a windstorm while I watched. It was terrible, and it felt terrible. But then I got a message from a young writer struggling with failing by following the steps in an online course from some random writing guru...and I got mad. Mad because there's a multibillion-dollar industry feeding on our fear. Mad because people lose faith in themselve...

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