You’re Not an Aspiring Writer – You’re a Writer

Please drop the “aspiring.”

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One of my favorite things to do is find new writers to follow on platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, and Medium. I devour the short profile descriptions, eagerly seeking out words such as “writer” and “author” and “lover of words.”

But there’s one thing that’s guaranteed to stop me in my tracks — and not in a…