The Hidden Character
Aaron Sorkin’s confession gets at something quietly terrifying about writing: we don’t just fear revealing too much; we fear revealing the wrong version of ourselves. Darkness may be honest, but honesty risks creating a character audiences may hate.
Every writer is part artist and part unreliable narrator.
Robert McEvily is a writer and multidisciplinary creative who publishes short fiction, humor, essays, cultural commentary, drawings, photography, and video.
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