Lola Augustine Brown on LinkedIn: A story I wrote on hating camping went viral over the weekend. A friend…

the internet used to be a place! Or at least it was for me. I love how the internet exposes the weird and funny things about being a person alive in the world.

Once you go viral, the temptation is to decipher the formula for how to do it again. Unfortunately, what’s interesting is not always popular. Furthermore, trying to manufacture virality is a surefire way to create saccharine writing and, eventually, cull your own creative vision. Too often, I think we sacrifice slow, chewy art for attention. 

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