5 Lessons Learned From Writing Alone

The benefits of writing for yourself

J. S. Wong
The Writing Cooperative
5 min readDec 5, 2023

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When I started writing, I only wrote for myself and couldn’t imagine sharing my work with anyone. But in order to improve, I needed to connect with other writers. As scary and vulnerable as it was, critique groups were a crucial step in my writing journey.

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