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Tom Beck
@tombeck.eth
Today is my birthday and I just published what is probably my most personal essay. I believe I’ve spent the last 6 years running away from my own writing success, mostly because I had internalized pervasive ideas around writing difficulty and struggle. I was chasing different online platforms hoping for a silver bullet because I did not want to embrace what might, in fact, be my natural form: writing essays. https://paragraph.com/@driftless/writing-through-denial?referrer=0x33514A171B0eC657a0237Dd388fAA4f39eE2a2E4
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Danica Swanson
@danicaswanson
What a delightful piece, Tom. As usual, I read it as soon as I saw it in my inbox because I knew it would be outstanding. Your wife is right. Your nonfiction IS spectacular. So excited to hear that you'll be writing more essays. It's a treat to read your reflections on how things changed for your writing after joining Farcaster, and through our early convos. I do recall telling you I absolutely loved that first "creator economy" essay you posted on your Substack, but to read about the role my input played in helping you get established on Paragraph at that time is such an honor. 🥰 Thank you. 💜 💜 💜 I'm sure I'll have plenty more to say about this piece later, but this is a good start. In the meantime... the happiest of birthdays to you!! Wishing you and your family many blessings. (My birthday is in October too).
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Tom Beck
@tombeck.eth
Thank you, Danica! It's true—without your nudge to repost that essay to Paragraph, The Driftless would quite literally not exist, and all the essays I've written there since would also not exist. You coined the term "conversational liquidity providers" to describe this exactly: how conversations (the right word, a nudge, a little encouragement) are crucial but invisible parts of the creative process. But you don't just talk about it, you live it as well!
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Danica Swanson
@danicaswanson
I appreciate your kind words! 🥰 To clarify for anyone else who might be reading this, I didn't actually coin "conversational liquidity providers" myself, though I love the term and use it often. As I recall, the person who I thought was the originator said they got it from someone else who got it from someone else before that, and they didn't want to be credited. In fact they said the credit should just go to "the Farcaster scenius." So be it. But @adrienne and I did manage to get it into the Farcaster Scenius Lexicon! https://paragraph.com/@danicaswanson/the-farcaster-scenius-lexicon
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