Call for Submissions — Are You Censoring Your Writing?
This is an interesting time to be a writer. We’re storytellers, journalists, authors, and bloggers all sharing our innermost thoughts for public consumption. But are we really being as honest and true to our feelings as we think?
Every single time we press publish, we risk offending the wrong crowd. And that fear has created a kind of groupthink that can be debilitating to creativity and authenticity. In other words, we can be writing not to offend instead of writing how we truly feel.
Are you guilty of this? Do you censor your writing so as not to be “cancelled?” Or do you put it out there without hesitation? How do you prepare your mind for feedback or criticism?
NEW RULE:You can submit to this or ANY of our past writing prompts. Just scroll through our previous newsletters. They’ll be marked “Call for Submissions.”
Same rules still applyIf you’re already a writer for CRY, go ahead and submit.If you’re not a writer for CRY but would like to submit to this request, let us know and we’ll add you ASAP.Be as creative as you want in your submissions. As long as you stick to the topic, we’ll consider it.Just because you submit doesn’t mean we’ll post. If you haven’t heard back from us in three days, consider that a pass.Please reach out if you have any questions at all. If you are new to Medium, here’s how you submit a draft to a publication.
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