writing

You’ve probably already retweeted her and didn’t even know it. Melissa Broder started off as the anonymous @SoSadToday Twitter account.

Here’s the thing: I have benefited greatly from reading stories from others, the daring narratives of those who have histories similar to my own. We feel more human when we hear that other humans relate to an experience we maybe thought was our very own private hell.

On what she's working on:

There comes a point in every writer’s life when their brain just refuses to work.

Writing can be hard and uncomfortable and precarious—but it's hard and uncomfortable and precarious in the way that any job can be.