My Top 5 Articles
Learning about what I like writing the most
Dr. Mehmet Yildiz, offered a writing prompt. He asked us to write about our top 5 articles. The trouble I had deciding between my top 5 or my top 5 performing articles. Several of my top-performing articles are my favorite as well. Some of the difference is probably similar to body dysmorphia. I think of my writing differently than it actually is. It’s mine, I can’t read without my own mental sway. I’m going to ignore the stats for the sake of the prompt and give you what I feel are my five best articles. I think they are my most intensely personal articles.
White Hot rage is my favorite article. It’s a truth I’ve been unable to tell for years. Anger on which I’ve held for years. It felt empowering to write it. It was terrifying as it spread beyond control.
He won’t make it to 30. I think I just enjoy the honesty and freedom writing gives me. These were situations in life, I haven’t shared with any people. Raw wounds that writing made a little easier for me.
Your Mom is leading the Resistance, again, intensely personal. It’s political too. One of my friends who disagrees with me politically even shared the article saying he liked it because he understood this side of the argument more. That felt like a real compliment. It was political without being divisive and that made me happy.
Covid19 is a Blessing for My ADHD CHild is one of my favorites. I was surprised at how well things were going for him online. I did not expect this outcome and it was a genuine silver lining to a pandemic. A lot of stressed parents of high needs or different needs children felt the same. It was nice to know I was not alone.
My 5th favorite has yet to be published. I noticed that I enjoy historical articles. Something was in the news locally that made me examine a historical event. I really enjoyed the research and finding the parallels in the situation.
My favorites have a few things in common, some involve shame that I’ve decided I’m not going to have any longer. Once I decide that my audience, also hiding in some shame, responds with, “oh me too,” Speaking truth to my shame empowers me as a writer and often it empowers my reader too.






