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SOLICITED ADVICE #7: How to ask for feedback?

2 weeks ago | sherryning.com | Sherry Ning

hi sherry, i just started a substack and i want to know if you can give me feedback or how should i ask for feedback on my writing. thanks!E. Z. The worst way to ask for feedback is “hey, what do you think of this thing I made?”“be honest do you think my pirouette was trash”
Today is the first day of the rest of your life

2 weeks ago | sherryning.com | Sherry Ning |Sherry Ning

The death of my father split my life into BC and AD. Who I was before the age of 20 was entirely different from who I am now. I don’t have much contact with my BC friends, and the ones I do have we’re not close. Most friends I have today are from AD, and so there’s this weird disconnect between who I know I am (and have been for most of my 25-year-old life) and who my social circle knows, because I started writing in my AD phase.
SOLICITED ADVICE #6: Summoning the alter ego?

2 weeks ago | sherryning.com | Sherry Ning

Hi Sherry, I’m a fan of your fiction and I hope you never stop writing!Is golden fruit based on real life? Do you feel like you have to bring out an alter ego to write that? I can’t wait for this to be a novel:)A. A. GOLDEN FRUIT is now public, but the lore will still be gatekept:I decided to remove the paywall on GOLDEN FRUIT (my work-in-progress novel. Aiming for a full manuscript by the end of this year. For now, I’m posting snippets of it that roughly map out the plot).
Don't look too closely, love

3 weeks ago | sherryning.com | Sherry Ning

When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them. —Martin BuberThere was a time when love was dumb and beautiful. It held prolonged eye contact across a crowded room. It happened while you were stuck beside them on a five-hour flight. It didn’t consult your preferences. It was the preference, indescribable and inconvenient, the way rain prefers to pour on the day you forget your umbrella.
SOLICITED ADVICE #5: How to balance curiosity with discipline?

3 weeks ago | sherryning.com | Sherry Ning

Hey Sherry, firstly I just want to say a quick thank you for the help you’ve given me so far. I’m a recently graduated sports guy that by chance came across your page on twitter and and since fallen in love with your writing precision and eloquence. Unironically I say that if I had more time I would’ve written a shorter note (or indeed if I was more articulate) but nonetheless these are questions that I have pondered and would love your take on.
How close should you hold your friends?

4 weeks ago | sherryning.com | Sherry Ning

At our women’s residence, my friend and I watched Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange in the small private library that smelled like oak, where all the books were hardbound and in wonderful condition because no one really touched them since the day they were donated by our wealthy neighbors. We sat side by side at one of the long desks, a bowl of popcorn between us. We watched on a laptop but that made it easier to hide it from the strict Catholic house rules.
Falling out of love

1 month ago | sherryning.com | Sherry Ning

The extraction of cupid’s arrow is a costly and painful procedure, often requiring assistance from a soul surgeon, be it a best friend, a therapist, a priest, a stiff drink, a credit card, or all of the above. Falling out of love is always harder than falling in love. Like what you see? It’s $70/year—that’s half a therapy session and this feeds your brain every week:In a relationship that feels like it will expire soon, there’s an urge to end things prematurely.
SOLICITED ADVICE #4: Getting paid readers?

1 month ago | sherryning.com | Sherry Ning

hey sherry, i’ve been following you on twitter and substack for a while now and i think youre really good at capturing attention in the current brainrot Zeitgesit. idk if this is rude but how do you get people to pay to read what you write? i feel like i’m past my creative peak but i do want to start a substack or something. thanks <3A.
GOLDEN FRUIT 2

1 month ago | sherryning.com | Sherry Ning

This is part 2 of a story about an affair between Otto and Nina, a man with money and a young mistress with a great capacity for cruelty. Read part 1 here. This will be a full novel by the end of 2025. Subscribe for $70/year, or about $1.35/week, but the lore of reading this as it’s being created in real time (I’ll remember you) is priceless:Before Otto, Nina had an old banker.
How to recognize achievement?

1 month ago | sherryning.com | Sherry Ning

Writing questions humbly shared for considerationIn your life, what lie is most absurd? If you achieved your goals, how would you recognize it? What is your darkest most fearful shadow? Bonus: If you (very briefly) had the gift of absolute clarity of communication, who would you thank? J. Y. Get advice from #9 Rising in Philosophy:I couldn’t pick one because these are all so good. (#2 is the hardest.)Question #1: the most absurd lie is “people don’t change”.