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The Changing Phase of I

As I read William Zinsser’s insights and advice on the art and craft of writing through his book, On Writing Well , I was struck by the idea of the writer being able to find the courage to write using ‘I’ with strong conviction.

I have lived most of my life with the opposite advice. In my education, my culture and my family, I have been told that the ‘I’ should always be invisible.

So, for a long time, I tried to keep my ‘I’ behind closed doors, whispering in soft voices. Yes, even though I kept a personal web site, I tried to stay as impersonal as possible.

Well, now I’m going to take Mr. Zinsser’s dare to bare. What about you?

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