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Thanks for the history of Thom the Writer. Inspiring stuff.

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Thom, I want to thank you for sharing your life in this piece. Your work already says a lot about you as a human, but it's truly touching to hear you speak so candidly of your experiences.

I know so many of us want to be better writers. Writing is a way for me to purge the hypersensitive perception apparatus within my mind . But most importantly, I see my writing is an opportunity to forward ideas, perhaps many ideas in many voices, with the hope that maybe just one of them actually resonates and spreads to other writers who can actually tailor it into something worth reading.

With the limited time I have now, my writing quantity and quality have suffered. However, I'm determined to continue - faults, failures, flops and all - because writing isn't about me, it's about sharing messages.

Thank you Thom for the wisdom and support you give to all of us aspiring to be more successful at sharing ideas through the written word.

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Thom, thanks for this very helpful and motivating piece. I have come to writing later in life (much later than 40) but feel compelled to write on how the advisors to the predatory rich use laws and regulations that are rarely well explained for the general educated readers. I’ve also noticed that when a friend questions me about a post, I explain it differently, more effectively, then sitting down to write about it. This approach is particularly helpful as my legal drafting experience is a negative transfer skill.

I haven’t come across many self-help writing books for nonfiction, but one that I have found useful is Smart Brevity.

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