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#777: “Help me process some writing feedback.” Challenge accepted!
Dear Captain Awkward, I’m a writer (currently unpublished, but that’s only a matter of time!) and I’m having difficulty processing some recent, very specific feedback about my work. Two of my short...
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#815 “I failed, big-time, a few years ago, and even though I’ve bounced back...
Ahoy Captain, I was hoping you could give me some scripts for internal use only. A few years ago I was in medical school in city A. In my final year, I failed my exams & had to repeat the last...
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#818: Imposter Syndrome strikes again!
Hello Captain and friends! This problem has been sitting in my mind, waiting to pounce, for months. Recently it came to the forefront and shocked me a bit. I’m a 24-year-old graduate student pursuing a...
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#901: “I was dumped by my theater group. Now what?”
Dear Captain, I’ll preface this letter by saying that I’m a chronically depressed woman with big anxiety problems and BDP (and one of the ways it manifest is a crippling fear of abandonment). I have...
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Introducing Story Hospital
Readers! Especially Readers Who Are Also Writers! Here is a blog you might want to know about: Longtime Awkwardeer Rose Fox has started an advice site for writers called Story Hospital. Every week Rose...
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#913: “You don’t have to quit your day job right this second to follow a...
Dear Captain, I’m in my early 30’s. Having spent my 20’s doing the ‘right’ things (college -> law school -> office job), I have now recognised what was clear all along, namely that this is not...
View Article#1071: “I’m so jealous of my friend after she got the job I was promised.”
Hi, I’m hoping you can help me with some coping mechanisms for jealousy which will help me feel less like the shittiest friend in the universe. Long story short, a friend got a job I wanted, and I’ve...
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#1137: “There’s no room in the Room of My Own.”
Dear Captain, This won’t be the most dire question you receive today, but I’m writing in the hope that you can help me with scripts, advice, and encouragement as I convince my wonderful family that the...
View ArticleShort Answer Friday – 8/31
Good morning! We’re doing the thing today! To ask a question, patrons can post to this thread and anyone can reach me on Twitter (@CAwkward, #AwkwardFriday). Submissions close at noon Chicago time, at...
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Short Answer Friday for 11/2
Hello! This morning I am voting, picking Henrietta Pussycat up from the vet from her spay, and then I’m answering short questions this afternoon. Review of how it works: Patrons can submit questions at...
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Short Answer Friday for Nov. 30
Hello all! You can submit short questions at Patreon or on Twitter (@CAwkward, #AwkwardFriday) until 11 am Chicago time today. I’ll answer as many as I can before 2pm. Holiday and non-holiday related...
View Article#1167: “Tips for staying positive when your body hates you.”
Dear Captain Awkward, Thanks so much for this blog! I read most of the archives during a recent overnight hospital stay and it really helped keep me entertained. I (she/her pronouns are fine) was a...
View Article#1199: “Hello, I’d rather hang out with my main character than my husband.”
Dear Captain – I (she/her) am a middle-aged wife of a man (he/him). We’ve only been married three years (together 8) but it has turned out to be rather nothing like what I wanted marriage to be – and I...
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May Answers of Varying Length to Short Questions: Part 2 of 2
Continued from the previous post to give me more time to think and help you rest your scrolling fingers. Click below the jump for: Not automatically taking on new volunteer responsibilities when others...
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#1244: What to do when your art is too big for you.
I’m writing this from an inexpensive AirBnB not far from Awkward Apartment, where I took a few days to be in a blank slate, away from cats and laundry piles and human conversation, so I could sit in...
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Pandemic! Productivity! Life! Hacks! (from a deeply unproductive & freaked...
My inbox has at least 40 questions with the theme “Dear Captain Awkward, how do I stay productive right now?” stacking up in it right now. Maybe…you don’t? We are living through a collective trauma on...
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#1267: “How do I set goals if I don’t want anything?”
Dear Captain Awkward: I’m a grown-ass woman who has been through a few cycles of therapy that have (along with medication) helped my stress, anxiety, and ADHD. I’ve gotten to a point where I am...
View Article#1286: “How do I create good art when life is tough and might not get easier?”
Dear Captain, The situation: I (she/her) am a homemaker and mum to a toddler. I’ve suffered from depression, anxiety, and fibromyalgia for eighteen years, aka my entire adult life and then some. I’m on...
View Article#1314: “I put my emotions in the fridge and went away for a few years and now...
Numbness can be a survival skill, but the feeling's gotta come back sometime.
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Art and storytelling prompts to the many artists and writers who follow the blog stay alive and make things.
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