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Writerly Things

Ben Schmitt

Where we walk together on this journey of a writer's life, creative process, and everything in between \ud83e\udd7e Also... vibes ✨

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002: Writerly Things Roundup

  1. Post I’ve been pondering: Go Make Something With Your Hands by . I read this soon after she posted it a couple of months ago. But I find it popping back into my head every once and a while. The level of effort she puts into her posts is...
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The world is magic, and don't let anyone convince you otherwise.

I used to float through the world, one foot in the clouds, one foot in reality. A perpetual state of wonder. Perpetually wondering what if. What if I were Spider-Man; could I scale that building? What if everything were made of chocolate; h...

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Porn Is More Fun Than God

Note: I originally published this piece in Relevant Magazine in 2019.

The other day, I grabbed coffee with a friend. We talked about our lives. And then the conversation ventured into purity.

I suddenly became painfully aware of the smoo...

a year ago
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You’re a bigot (allegedly… according to your antagonist)

Dear bigoted writer,

I’m here on behalf of your poor, overlooked antagonist to say:

If you think of your antagonist as the bad guy, you've already put them in a box they can never escape from, so you’ll write from a place of judgment.

Wh...

a year ago
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I let my son throw fits because I'm a good dad

There’s an episode in the TV show Modern Family where the dad, Phil, is having a hard day.

He feels emasculated because he can’t figure out where the smoke alarm beeping is coming from. Every beep tells him, “You’re not a man.” And he’s sl...

a year ago
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