Writing Advice to My Younger Self

This is a picture of me when I was around 17 or 18, the age when I first wanted to be a writer.

There aren't many pictures of me as a teenager, so I don't have a lot to choose from.

Yes, that's a hippie scarf and Pink Floyd poster on the wall. The 60s came back hard in the 80s.

Yes, I'm smoking.

Yes, I look like a stoner.

I know. Embarrassing!

I was thinking about what I would say to my younger self about the writing life and things that I wish I had known at that age when I was secretly writing poems in my journal and would never have dared to tell anyone I wanted to be a writer.","size":"lg","isEditorNode":true,"title":"Writing Advice to My Younger Self","publishedBylines":[{"id":21201715,"name":"Kathryn Mockler","bio":"Kathryn Mockler is the author of Anecdotes (Book*hug Press) which was a finalist for the 2024 Trillium Book Award and shortlisted for the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award. She teaches creative writing at the University of Victoria.","photo_url":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazon... My Mind","id":41948360,"type":"newsletter","reaction_count":0,"comment_count":0,"publication_name":"Send My Love to Anyone","publication_logo_url":"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f... Send My Love to Anyone

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