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This spam issue is a nightmare. Apologies for how long it's taking to get control over it, but just know that our editorial staff has deleted thousands of spam accounts thus far. I'm currently spending my Saturday night searching for these a-holes and cursing under my breath as I do it. Best possible way to party in my opinion.

#9: If there's so much difficulty motivating myself to write, maybe writing's not for me

Doing your taxes. Cleaning your house. Waking up early. There are countless things that are hard to find motivation to do. Writing may be one of them for you. But the difference between doing taxes/cleaning/waking up early and writing is the agent that is causing your motivation to dissipate. For the first group, it may be laziness. For writing, it's more often than not self-doubt.
You doubt your abilities. You doubt your knowledge. You even doubt whether or not writing is even "for you." But let me assure you — if you love it, if you're passionate about it, if you want to do it, you can do it. You can do it. You can do it!
All of the excuses you use to avoid writing may actually just be roadblocks you put in your way to avoid failure, but don't be afraid of failure. Failure is good. Failure is one of the greatest teachers you'll ever have.
And lastly, writing is "for" everyone. It's definitely hard to be disciplined enough to sit down and work, but, again, you can do it!

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I got you good!

Done and done! Thanks for this interview, Benjamin. I think we all learned a lot!

I knew my dig at 'Downtown' was bound to piss off someone.

Believe me, nothing is more awkward than the fact that I'm still here to provide you with more awkward (?) articles than you can handle.