| I started with sarcasm, snark, trolling, etc. It came naturally. The thing about those, is that they are writing for an audience. They are public performance. And that's what writing in public fora is. If there's joy in that public performance, then it can become a sticky habit. If you don't find joy in it, it won't stick. After a few years, I started developing this punchy style as an alternative to my Kantian inspired circumlocutions I developed writing philosophy papers as an undergrad, perhaps it seems because reading Kant gave me caution regarding the fallibility of my own cognition in particular and all human cognition in general. Which is to say that, the "probably's", "perhaps's", "etc's", etc. are a reflection of my own aperception...of my own reflections on my inner experience. Anyway, for me, it's fun to write shit like that and shit like this. If it wasn't I wouldn't continue to do it. Be yourself. Nobody but you is watching. Nobody but you is judging. And your writing is probably better than you think. Good luck. |