avatarThe Doctor - Joanie Adams

Summary

The article discusses the challenges and nuances of contemporary writing, emphasizing the importance of attention and the evolving nature of platforms like Medium.

Abstract

The piece delves into the intricacies of writing in the 21st century, particularly on massive platforms such as Medium. It reflects on the tendency to blame external factors for one's struggles rather than taking personal responsibility. The author advocates for a deep engagement with the craft, suggesting that true understanding and change come from sustained effort and experience. The article also touches on the transient nature of trends compared to the timeless quality of capturing a moment, and it critiques the potential for more content to be produced about writing than on other subjects. The author, who refers to themselves as "The Doctor," invites readers to accompany them on the journey of navigating the shifts in writing platforms and to subscribe to their newsletter for further insights.

Opinions

  • The author believes that individuals often avoid self-blame for their problems, preferring to fault others or systems.
  • There is a notion that the Medium platform has irrevocably changed from its original state, and this evolution is inevitable.
  • The piece suggests that writers may focus too much on the mechanics of writing systems and neglect the original purpose of their writing.
  • The author implies that writers should not only start projects but also commit to them long-term to fully understand and appreciate the writing process.
  • The article posits that the substance of contemporary writing lies in the attention given to the work and the ability to adapt to the current moment.
  • It is suggested that the proliferation of advice on how to write for platforms like Medium may surpass the amount of actual diverse content being produced.
  • The author expresses a hope that readers will engage with their content and join them in observing the changes in writing platforms.

Elevation I hear! —

Without Attention — Do You Feel All Falls Away; The Treadmill Of Contemporary Writing

Without Attention — Full To Delay; Writing In The 21st Century On Mass

Nita Talbot — Joe and Mabel

©Joanie Adams — Joanie Adams; Gift A Tea: https://ko-fi.com/joanieadamms

Day after day, you continue — you scold, swear and blame. Many are too easily inclined to blame another or a system than themselves, who may be a leading cause of this particular woe.

If one backs away from the current that must take life forth, especially in areas such as these, which we have created to house the many upon an elevating platform, then surprise cannot be had! —

One starts the fire, and you and others must keep fanning and fueling it if we ever hope to see the night out while not attended to by a ferocious predator lurking in the darkness away from the glowing ring of fire.

Make it work — you might; Daring the expectations — you will.

Contemporary notions seemingly, in my listed escapades on here, never appear, at least not so directly, as I always hope to make you consider and evoke a kind of feeling I had, that precious sensation…

Trends come and go; Timelessness is what one has captured that utterly belongs to a moment that has quickly seceded away into the unfriendly airs of passing time — To put it bluntly and frankly, rather briefly.

But alas, I shall be a calling guide today, as many do need such a guide in the domains of overtly abundant writing stations, especially on this one, which may be the most popular in sheer scale alone.

I’m sure the chuckling notion is also within your minds as it is within mine, that being, more pieces will be written here, on how to write for it than actual pieces concerning anything else!

To solve it, you turn to self-mastery of systems, but neglect why you intended to do so in the first place!

But ‘tis the petty quarrel that inhabitants the forthwith and childishly curious amongst you. I hold mine behind Refinement and veils as you can undoubtedly spot.

And this alone pays the pangs of your attention well, as I needn’t spell out why I am doing this all hence. But now, now, now — the substance of the piece: Attention and the Contemporary moment.

Authority calls it, so here we are, after a moment procured from me to you, to bewilderment your mind from the staleness that often comes with the enlargement of chance on such scales that heretofore have existed — that is Attention shown to you, but never forthrightly said;

Be fully expectant of ills, glitches, and problems to figure out on first attention — then set yourself up well in your stall, and remain in it long-term to truly experience what must be changed, and why that is before you begin to do so. Solving the riddles of why one begins at any given pension or evocation is one thing, another thing following to remain with it, and allow the experience take you forth, regardless of apprehensions or senseless fears— that is the Contemporary moment also shown, oh the sex and the winning dine.

Many cut the Ribbon before they’ve properly addressed the Bowmaker —

Bewildered I hear you say? With you stretching the top of your thinking dome, aren’t we so cute?

Well, to seek more, you must understand the bulkiness that accompaniments such things that expand —

Medium has certainly shifted, irrevocably to what it once was before — for such evolving things, true to the nature of a principle, cannot return to a previous state; anon does it go, to whatever ends it finds itself at.

Question is: Will ye be accompanying it until then?

Thank you for endorsing my little form and attention experiment here.

I hope I caught you for a moment.

Ever yours; The Doctor [Adams]

COME ALONG WITH THE DOCTOR’S NEWSLETTER

Frances Farmer in Photoplay, Jan. 1937

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ON THE WRITER; A SERIES:

The CURATION — THE FINE RABBLE’S PUBLICATION:

IF YOUR WRITING WOULD BRING PURE WEALTH — :

As ever — we go, Dear Reader.

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