I have been exploring the whaaaaaacky! notion that maybe I could use my skills as a writer to–check this out–actually make a living writing. As I search for jobs like copywriting, one of the things I have been saying to myself and to anyone who’ll listen is that I’ve practiced enough now that, if you give me a few examples to model after, I can write pretty much anything.
I don’t mean that to sound cocky. I’m just saying I’ve put my hours in.
Anyway, in the midst of the turmoil around the election and the rapid dissolution of a safe and functioning society, some brash, contentious part of me found voice and said, “Oh yeah? In that case, write something that expresses your political views while being something that someone on the other side of the political spectrum would actually listen to.”