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No matter whether you're intending to publish the piece or not, you gotta stop writing for your Very Worst And Most Horriblest Readers. Are they out there? Yes! Will they read your book? Probably! Do you have to give a shit? You do NOT.

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨@cometkins.bsky.social

What's one piece of advice you think writers need to hear? #WritingPrompt

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(Fortunately I eradicated this tendency as an undergrad, because science writing so rarely seemed to encourage writing for your worst reader. "Target audience" was the goal and, well, after doing that for like 25 years how do you stop.)

(My target audience is myself; keep in mind I was writing for ~30 years without letting a single other person read my fiction specifically because I did not give a shit what anyone else thought about my hobby. However I did write AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT as @eldritchgirl.bsky.social bait.)