write under the assumption that writing must be as univer-sal as possible.

“As a writer, I continue to analyzeand reflect on the power words have over me.”

writing the self in communications insteadof gradual disembodiment or complete separation.

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the writer is not building a publicly recog-nized voice with confidence and a level of expertise that buildstrust with an audience.

If there is a connectionearly on in the writing between the subject and writer, then thearguments, observations, and truths presented to the reader can

I am I and my circumstance; and, if I do not saveit, Ido not save myself.”

The writer needs to be present andbreathing on the print or digital page. To make meaning throughlanguage, the writer must be present to the audience and mindfulof beliefs to produce coherent, meaningful, and engaging writingfor the reader.

It can beinterpreted in various ways that range from removing the personalpoint of view in a document to altogether distancing oneself fromthe subject and interest that was once held for a topic or conceptworthy of writing for an audience. With one’s self removed, thewriter is partly absent from the page and conversation.

Leave yourself out of your writing is a belief that must die.

LEAVE YOURSELF OUT OF YOUR