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How to Reclaim the Creative Freedom You’ve Lost
What is stopping you and what to do about it
Today is Memorial Day in the United States.
If you’re not familiar with this celebration, it all started when people set aside time and laid down flowers to remember soldiers who died protecting our freedom.
Some confuse Memorial Day with Veterans Day. The main difference is Memorial Day is for those who’ve died, while Veterans Day celebrates the living.
As a creative, I value freedom. If there were no freedom, we’d have to create in the shadows, and distribute our messages under clever pen names. If we did it in the open, we’d be killed.
That’s easy to forget in this age of instant publishing on countless platforms.
Are you really free to write?
Many of us don’t have to deal with the watchful eye of an oppressive government, but some do. My hat is off to creatives who must guard their words so they don’t get in trouble. We need your message, too.
When you’re free to write whatever you want, anytime you want, you face a ton of competitors who are free to do the same. And if they’re more ambitious than you, it’s really…
