If you thought Facebook memories from 'way back when' were cringe, try reading long public essays that vehemently state views that no longer resemble the person you are today.

Yikes on several bikes 😬

#Blogging #Blogger #Writing #AmWriting #PersonalWriting #LifeWriting #UKBlogger #BlogLife

#LifeUnscripted #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness #Spoonie #MECFS #WritingCommunity #PersonalWriting #UKBlogger #Writing #Blogging #UKWriters #PersonalBlog

Hmmm depressed writing for today haha 😀

#writing #dailywriting #personalwriting #shortstory #snipfic

Why I’m Writing a Survivor’s Journal This isn’t a recovery story. It’s a survivor’s journal. My honest account of trauma, healing, and aiming for life as a contented mess.

Why I'm writing a survivor's journal

New on Cara Sutra this week:
carasutra.com/2026/01/why-...

#LifeUnscripted #SurvivorsJournal #PersonalWriting #TraumaRecovery

Learn to Take a Break, and You Will Never Give Up Living With Anxiety Disorder

Read “Learn to Take a Break, and You Will Never Give Up“ by Fizza Younis on Medium: fizzayounis.medium.com/learn-to-tak...
#anxiety #lifehacks #lifelessons #personalwriting

Reflections on Heavy Metal #1 (2025) When I was younger, we didn’t talk about sex or sexuality in my house. There wasn’t any conversation about desire or attraction or even good models of what this might be. My parents got divorced aroun...

Day 9!

Happy new year! And heres my essay on the newest iteration of Heavy Metal specifically issue 1. Lots of personal reflection and thoughts on how Heavy Metal sat in my life.

#essays #comics #heavymetal #personalwriting

widely-read.ghost.io/reflections-...

No Longer Afraid of the Dark: On Finding Horror Once the Nightmares Stopped A personal turn toward horror — and what fear reveals once it’s no longer consuming you.

8/10 👻
No Longer Afraid of the Dark: On Finding Horror Once the Nightmares Stopped
A personal turn toward horror — and what fear reveals once it’s no longer consuming you.
🔗 mikespry.substack.com/p/no-longer-...

#HorrorWriting #GenreEssay #PersonalWriting #NarrativeElectricCo

✍️ Best Personal Essay

In Best Personal Essay, writers reflected on identity, health, labor, and life through the lens of beer. Congratulations to this year’s winners for your vulnerability and voice.

https://bit.ly/4ij2Pc9


#BeerEssays #PersonalWriting #NAGBWAwards2025

A white man with close-cropped brown hair and a light stubble leans over, his two hands holding each other, looking directly into the camera. He wears a blue denim western-style shirt. His right arm and hand have a series of floral tattoos on them.

ESSAY: @joshfrmusic.bsky.social shares his story of care, secrets, death, and acceptance–with an amazing soundtrack.

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#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #lgbtq #TyHerndon #PersonalEssay #PersonalWriting

We are the #StarWriters 🌟 for this week! #PersonalWriting #DiaryEntry #Thoughts #Feelings #Emotions #ExtendedWriting #VCOP #Literacy 😊 #P7Team

@leverhulme.ac.uk @britaesthetics.bsky.social @artshumsucl.bsky.social @ucl-che.bsky.social

#rachelcusk #briandillon #vidyanravinthiran #memoir #lifewriting #essayism #personalwriting #literature #philosophy #autofiction #theory #literarytheory #form #self #selfhood #novel #outlinetrilogy

#briandillon #rachelcusk #vidyanravinthiran #memoir #lifewriting #essayism #personalwriting #literature #philosophy #autofiction #theory #literarytheory #genre #form #self #selfhood

Starting up the weblog again (after 15,000 times restarting it). I have some ideas now on what I'd like to write about. Let's see if I stick to that.

For now, it's at: kindofblue.com

#weblog #blog #personal #writing #personalwriting

My DMs are always open.
Whether it’s something you felt from a post,
A thought that won’t settle,
A story you need to say out loud just once,
Or just quiet conversation about the strange weight of things.

I reply. Always.

#OpenDMs #PersonalWriting #SlowInternet #DigitalPresence #EmotionalSpace

NO KINGS DAY — Notes from an Immigrant On No Kings Day, some thoughts from an immigrant who left — and stayed gone.

I left Chicago years ago and built a life in Buenos Aires.
On No Kings Day, I found myself reflecting on immigration, home, and why I haven’t looked back.
Wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/frankalm...
#NoKingsDay #Immigration #LifeAbroad #PersonalWriting

Only the Light It started with a headline.

Some stories wait in silence.
Not to be vindicated—
just to be seen.
This poem is for the kind of truth
that doesn’t need the spotlight.
Only the light.

www.brittleviews.com/p/only-the-l...

#Poetry #TruthAndMemory #QuietStrength #PersonalWriting #HealingVoice

Tales of Old: Might of Human Spirit We read stories to escape reality and to find hope during the hopeless days of our lives. Through these legends, myths, and fiction, we find human connections that we might not find around us. #poetry #thoughts #musings #stories #personalwriting #poetryporn #poems #mondaymusings

We read stories to escape reality and to find hope during the hopeless days of our lives. Through these legends, myths, and fiction, we find human connections that we might not find around us. #poetry #thoughts #musings #stories #personalwriting #poetrypo

Please read my #sad #essay published on my #birthday! ♥️

#writing #personalwriting #substack #ideation

Thoughts on the Morning: Dec. 7th, 2024 Missing my Father & the Joy of Ache

Why I'm humbled and in awe of creative expression. #personalwriting

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Thoughts on the Morning: Nov. 30th, 2024 Stream of Consciousness, Small Victories, and Insomnia

Insomnia brain is a serious condition. If you have insomnia brain please seek a bed or your nearest comfortable couch. #insomnia #personalwriting

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Getting Personal In Writing "Getting personal in writing" means incorporating your experiences, thoughts, feelings, and perspectives directly into your writing, essentially sharing a piece of yourself with the reader, often thro...

#Blog #Blogger #Blogging #blogoftheday #writing #books #nottomissnovels #authorksc #kscauthor #Souza_Author #read #Kindle #SaturdayMorning #writerslife #Story #Words #Engage #Audience #Communication #Storytelling #GettingPersonal #Personal #PersonalWriting
nottomissnovels.com/blog/f/getti...

Farewell to TinyLetter 💌! As Mailchimp sunsets the beloved newsletter tool acquired in 2011, let's reminisce its role in fostering personal writing online. #TinyLetter #Mailchimp #NewsletterTool #PersonalWriting #InternetHistory