In a previous essay, I wrote that you do not need to know what kind of a writer you are or want to be, and that it’s okay if your goals change. In retrospect, I realised that in an attempt to accommodate all kinds of writers and goals, I did not directly speak to the writers--like my own 16-year-old self--who did know what they wanted from their writing: I wanted to write a book of sad short stories once I graduated college with a degree in Creative Writing, but before that, I wanted to be ...
