Thanks so much for sharing this, Courtney (and congratulations Alex)! This is inspiring, and gives me some great prompts for how to grow and improve.....
This was great! Really glad Alex talked about Beautiful Disaster. It’s not just my favorite Alex essay, it’s my favorite personal essay period. It’s deep and smart and moving and vulnerable. And it’s damn funny, like I’m jealous of how funny it is because the dude literally found an original take on the old chicken and egg joke, which ought to be impossible. Go read this essay, people.
I love the Alex wrote, of his audience, "They’re a buncha weird, funny lil idiots like me." Not that I agree with his self-assessment, but I do think it's true that when it comes to newsletters, the readers tend to be a reflection of the writer.
hahahah ok how would you describe BAT readers?? (and also, by connection, me)
fwiw I would describe cafe anne readers as goofballs that see the absurdity of life and laugh who love polls and very in depth reporting about very very niche things because what matters more in life than the wieird little things???
Thanks so much for sharing this, Courtney (and congratulations Alex)! This is inspiring, and gives me some great prompts for how to grow and improve.....
This was great! Really glad Alex talked about Beautiful Disaster. It’s not just my favorite Alex essay, it’s my favorite personal essay period. It’s deep and smart and moving and vulnerable. And it’s damn funny, like I’m jealous of how funny it is because the dude literally found an original take on the old chicken and egg joke, which ought to be impossible. Go read this essay, people.
I love the Alex wrote, of his audience, "They’re a buncha weird, funny lil idiots like me." Not that I agree with his self-assessment, but I do think it's true that when it comes to newsletters, the readers tend to be a reflection of the writer.
hahahah ok how would you describe BAT readers?? (and also, by connection, me)
fwiw I would describe cafe anne readers as goofballs that see the absurdity of life and laugh who love polls and very in depth reporting about very very niche things because what matters more in life than the wieird little things???
Totally. Readers as a reflection of the writer is a good way to say it. And it's liberating from all the worry about picking a niche, etc.
YES