One of my angles, not that you've seen in my Substack yet, is mental health and thus reflection, especially self-reflection and I think these are great questions. I have dabbled in some fiction writing in the past but ultimately I was not happy with it. Stories moved to slow or there was no coherence or no plot being developed or I developed a story too quickly and thus it didn't have the impact I desired. In recent times, with the help of GPT, I have written some fables or allegories if you prefer about my macroeconomic school of thought to try and communicate it through another method rather than direct education or Substack newsletters, blogs, posts or whatever you want to call them.
The first one is pretty direct but still allegorical, I consider them a short anthology and much later in the year, they will be published on my Substack. I'm still debating whether to go through Substack itself and have it all archived, which I imagine will make them easily accessible, or create some pages and maybe initially try and generate some income via Substack (I'm doing poorly) and provide it to paying subscribers. Even though, I know that's unlikely to generate income at this stage, I only have 2 paying subscribers and that's only because I decided to add pay from the outset as a whim.
Anyhow, great reflection questions for any of us that write in any format or are interested in our general health, especially mental health. See, there is a reason I still follow you. Thank you!
What great questions. Not only about writing but about life events and circumstances. Especially "What are you making your hang-up mean? In terms of serving me well - could it be that it does for the wrong reason - like an excuse for not doing something?
One of my angles, not that you've seen in my Substack yet, is mental health and thus reflection, especially self-reflection and I think these are great questions. I have dabbled in some fiction writing in the past but ultimately I was not happy with it. Stories moved to slow or there was no coherence or no plot being developed or I developed a story too quickly and thus it didn't have the impact I desired. In recent times, with the help of GPT, I have written some fables or allegories if you prefer about my macroeconomic school of thought to try and communicate it through another method rather than direct education or Substack newsletters, blogs, posts or whatever you want to call them.
The first one is pretty direct but still allegorical, I consider them a short anthology and much later in the year, they will be published on my Substack. I'm still debating whether to go through Substack itself and have it all archived, which I imagine will make them easily accessible, or create some pages and maybe initially try and generate some income via Substack (I'm doing poorly) and provide it to paying subscribers. Even though, I know that's unlikely to generate income at this stage, I only have 2 paying subscribers and that's only because I decided to add pay from the outset as a whim.
Anyhow, great reflection questions for any of us that write in any format or are interested in our general health, especially mental health. See, there is a reason I still follow you. Thank you!
What great questions. Not only about writing but about life events and circumstances. Especially "What are you making your hang-up mean? In terms of serving me well - could it be that it does for the wrong reason - like an excuse for not doing something?
These are such smart (and revealing) questions. Thanks for sharing them--I'm going to put them to use.