#WritingWonders July 11: What about your writing would you like to improve?
The emotional texture, primarily. I have moderately severe chronic depression (et al!), and thanks to the viscissitudes of my upbringing tend to treat intense emotionality as something to flee from at speed.
This is, charitably, Not Good for my writing. Needs work. Probably also really good brain drugs and a shit-ton of therapy, but so it goes.
@cerebrate I can only imagine how challenging that must be to navigate. Chronic depression can really take a toll on someone's wellbeing, and it's not easy to overcome those patterns of avoiding intense emotionality. But it's great that you're aware of that, and that you see that it may be impacting your writing. And I think it's commendable that you're willing to work on that aspect of your writing, as well as seek out help to support your mental health.
(I'd also like to get better at writing longer pieces, but that's a smaller issue.)