Think about “voicey” writers like Julia Reed, Anthony Bourdain, or Rick Bragg: all of these people wrote about ordinary things. But the way they talked about them was extraordinary. A good writer can talk about standing in line at the post office, and it will still be good.
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That’s my big learning of the year: understanding the way someone’s interior life translates to what they make. When I first started writing this Substack, I was possessed by the sense that I had to figure out “how to do it.” Which other Substacks do I like, which other Substacks are popular, what do they write about, how do they make it work. It’s... See more