It's interesting how your spontaneous feeling, the "cringe", was the catalyst for you thinking this through, catching your attention and leading to new insight. I'll bet now that whenever you do reread that piece you'll see all the things that you were already getting right back in the day. The thing that I love about the Cringe Factor is your kindness towards your former writerly self, and by extension to all of us at whatever stage we are at in our writing.
It's interesting how your spontaneous feeling, the "cringe", was the catalyst for you thinking this through, catching your attention and leading to new insight. I'll bet now that whenever you do reread that piece you'll see all the things that you were already getting right back in the day. The thing that I love about the Cringe Factor is your kindness towards your former writerly self, and by extension to all of us at whatever stage we are at in our writing.
Thank you, Jon I really appreciate your reflection on this!
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