When I feel a mentee is writing the way they have read on Medium they should write, I ask them to…

… dreadful — drafts, each only incrementally better than the one before. I know now how lucky I was. I was assigned to a legendary editor, who cared and saw who I was. He heard my voice in person and encouraged me to use it on paper. He wanted me to know and to hear myself.
“Voice” — Its Incomparable Lure
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Melinda Blau
Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
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Apr 5, 2021
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When I feel a mentee is writing the way they have read on Medium they should write, I ask them to write me an essay on why they write--I find that with that assignment they start to find their voice
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Written by Marcus aka Gregory Maidman3.2K Followers
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Living 17,043rd human life. I am Marcus (universal name) or you may call me Greg; a deep thinker; an explorer of ideas and the mind.
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