Private writings for the public

.. or public writings for myself?

Who knows what this will evolve into, but it seems at first glance to be a natural step forward from using The Most Dangerous Writing App to get my thoughts out on paper, back when I was a teenager.

Personally I have always felt the struggle of wanting to be in a community, to share and support and commit, yet not wanting to create/be in charge of that community myself and wind up being responsible for moderating it.

A groupchat with little engagement? Some friends sitting in a circle placing handwritten letters into the centre for others to pick up and read? Post-its on a corkboard within an apartment building - Anyone Up For A Movie Night This Weekend? Let Me Know If You Want My Old Kitchen Chairs, I'm Redecorating.

300 words is quite a lot actually, it bodes well. I'm only halfway there.

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