4. Write in the first person
“Writing is an intimate transaction between two people, conducted on paper, and it will go well to the extent that it retains its humanity.”
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I am just another guy. Random at that. Looking for nothing meaningful in particular. In my own journey, in search for happiness. And meaning.
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