Curing my vulnerability hangover
On broaching taboo subjects, exposing myself, and (spoiler alert) feeling just fine.
I thought I'd get an email from the editor requesting a rewrite. Significant changes are needed, it would say, with my essay attached and soaked in red-tracked changes.
I was used to revision. Years of writing executive presentations and speeches—major rewrites under tight deadlines were part of the process. But those weren't my stories. This one is.
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