And for appreciating the raw self, I tend to share. Thank you for encouraging me to write and to share when a blank page seemed too intimidating to fill. Writing is just like running: if you run at all, then you ARE a runner if you write long-ass Instagram captions and love that form of expression, YOU ARE A WRITER! Who has time to sit down and write if itsnʻt your job? Maybe you do find five minutes, and then perhaps the baby cries or the parents call with untimely news, or you remember that you havenʻt washed your sheets in too long to admit. While amid a long (I mean years long) creative drought, Instagram captions let me flex my expression and reminded me that I love words. While I went to school (in part) for creative writing and have been a regular columnist and editor for both print and online publications, I am probably best known as a writer in my Instagram captions. I respectively call some stinking bullshit. They mentioned they were sick of people writing long and inspirational Instagram captions and calling themselves writers because the posts performed well. I was running with a well-recognized and talented writer a few weeks ago.
That is crazy! But that is love, and if I know one thing for sure, it is that I love the people in this weird and wonderful sport.
The community that I grew up in, from my early twenties, to now, where I occasionally hear my name and “seasoned veteran” used in the same sentence.
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