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Sounds like you could take a page from Poe and write, in a short story format, about your life and experiences that most of us will never be exposed to.

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🔥🔥❤️

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Thank you. I am a short story writer, have a book and will need an editor soon for the next one. Meanwhile I'm trying to understand this format, dyslexia is hard to see through...

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Let me know if you need an editor when your work is complete 😎

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I will Michael, thank you!

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First article I’ve read on Substack. Excellent work, enjoy the audio version.

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Thank you!

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Courageous approach and take. Thanks for sharing, Lauren.

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Thank you!

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Dec 16, 2022Liked by Lauren Wolfe

Brilliantly written. This really is a format designed for your model of journalism. I take exception to the phrase you used, that you write articles that make people cry - I find you write articles that make people think and care. And with your Congo series, you effected change and justice for those girls.

I know journalism is going through a very rough period these days and wish there was some way to fix that. Maybe the goings-on at Twitter will encourage people to find other (better) sources for their news. They couldn't do better than with you.

Sending big hugs!

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big hugs back.

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❤️❤️❤️🔥

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Writing is an art form where being noticed and well revieved is its reward. Keep scribbling getting your voices out there cause: we need to unf**k up so many things needing fixen

*Happy Holidays* **Peace**

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Dec 16, 2022Liked by Lauren Wolfe

Thank you Laurn. We surely need you now... More of you now, to fill the crevices and cracks until truth becomes the holy grail, and anyone who tries to squash down, only get their feet burned. Fuzz

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🔥🔥🔥❤️

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Thank you Brother...

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Dec 16, 2022Liked by Lauren Wolfe

Thanks for sharing! Loved listening to this.

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Thanks!

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Can someone explain how to stand out an engage an audience on the mundane parts of life?

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Humor …

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I tend to forget how important that piece is...

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Hahaha.... been there done that... still doing that. I suppose when I stop laughing at my own jokes, I'll be pushing up daiseys. Fuzz

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I tend to think I'm funnier than I am.

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All inside jokes are funny. Especially the one’s inside your head.

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Pretty much. Do it twice a week on my Substack.

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Lauren, Thank you for this piece. I found it motivating. D

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Thank you!

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Wow Lauren Wolfe. Courage in words & action 👏

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Thank you.

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This was very inspiring and affirmative

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Thank you.

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Dec 17, 2022Liked by Lauren Wolfe

Very thoughtful piece. Thank you!

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Big support 🙂

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Sorry for the brutal stuff you endured. Why people can be so mean is beyond my understanding. Perhaps leaving the NYTimes was a good thing as I believe they play a large role in the distrust of journalism you mention, (although there are terrific reporters there too) . They are just biased in their reporting, in my opinion, and you are better off doing your own thing. I admire your resiliency in the face of tumult and think you are brave and self- aware. Best wishes to you in a tough business ; we need people like YOU. Godspeed.

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Thank you Lauren: You’re engaged in the hard but necessary work! Media has become so incredibly fractured, polarized and biased on both sides. We need you now. Keep up the good work. Btw: I’m late to the dance party: Why did you get fired?

Michael Mohr

‘Sincere American Writing’

https://michaelmohr.substack.com/

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Lauren: any advice on how to even start writing about traumatic experiences? Does it help you process what you’ve seen/experienced - or does it make things worse having to revisit them?

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Check out my stack; you might like it/relate.

Michael Mohr

‘The Incompatibility of Being Alive’

https://reallife82.substack.com/

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