The difference between “twitter is just like 2016 tumblr” and “tiktok is just like 2012 tumblr” is that the twitter ecosystem consists of people who migrated there from tumblr and did not change even a bit since then, while tiktok recreated the entire experience from whole cloth. speciation vs convergent evolution
“This just in: you can love writing and also find it hard.
“I was once on a panel and another author essentially said, ‘if you don’t enjoy every moment, then why are you here?’ and I was…exasperated. Creativity is a complicated beast. You don’t have to love every second to be a valid participant.
“I love the ideas. I love brainstorming, and problem-solving, and I love making this better, fine-tuning language.
“I also hate drafting, claw my way through self-doubt, crawl on my hands and knees through the frustration of the unrealized.
“I’m not here because I love every second.
“I’m here because the parts I love are worth the rest.”