The subtle art of embarrassing yourself

Sometimes the road to good writing is paved with humiliation

In A Shot in the Dark, there’s a line that goes like this:

“What story do you want to share the most? […] That’s what art’s all about. Vulnerability. Peel your skin off and let the wolves feast.”

I’ve thought about this idea a lot, that writing—or any art—must be a product of our own vulnerability. I’ve gone from uncritically accepting this bite-sized nug…