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3/8/2017 6:23:05 PM Scarlett Hanley Posts: 4	I hate nearly everything I'm writing, but consistently get praised. What do I do? Keep writing what I hate, and have people like it, or write what I want, and have people hate it?
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3/8/2017 9:24:55 PM Doug Vinson Posts: 102	Scarlett, on the face of it I'd say, "stop writing that, and write what you like." But is there more to it than that? If it's as simple as that people like what you hate, that still does not mean that what you like will be hated by others - I promise you this is true for many that will read your poetry. Further - why were you writing what you say you hate? Did you have a need to write it? Sometimes it's best to get it out, whatever the deal is...
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