Limits
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10/31/19 • 20 min
I've been thinking a lot about limits lately.
When I was a young writer, just really starting to learn my craft, I thought limits were garbage. I was better than forms, better than rules, I knew everything because I was so wildly creative it wasn't funny.
I thought the same thing about my life.
But what I've come to realize is that limits actually make us better. In fact, you can't really be great without forms, rules, restrictions, and limits. True story.
Join me for another Confession.
Join us for another Confession of a Working Writer
Intro and Outro music courtesy of Georgia Moon (https://www.thegeorgiamoon.com/)
You can find more from Matt at
Medium (https://medium.com/@matthewrhampton)
Twitter (https://twitter.com/mhamptonwriter)
I've been thinking a lot about limits lately.
When I was a young writer, just really starting to learn my craft, I thought limits were garbage. I was better than forms, better than rules, I knew everything because I was so wildly creative it wasn't funny.
I thought the same thing about my life.
But what I've come to realize is that limits actually make us better. In fact, you can't really be great without forms, rules, restrictions, and limits. True story.
Join me for another Confession.
Join us for another Confession of a Working Writer
Intro and Outro music courtesy of Georgia Moon (https://www.thegeorgiamoon.com/)
You can find more from Matt at
Medium (https://medium.com/@matthewrhampton)
Twitter (https://twitter.com/mhamptonwriter)
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Join us for another Confession of a Working Writer
Intro and Outro music courtesy of Georgia Moon (https://www.thegeorgiamoon.com/)
You can find more from Matt at
Medium (https://medium.com/@matthewrhampton)
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Join us for another Confession of a Working Writer
Intro and Outro music courtesy of Georgia Moon (https://www.thegeorgiamoon.com/)
You can find more from Matt at
Medium (https://medium.com/@matthewrhampton)
Twitter (https://twitter.com/mhamptonwriter)
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