Kelly Eden | personal essay teacher
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Essayist and #writing coach from #NewZealand | Featured in @thisisinsider, Mamamia, @ScaryMommy etc. #WritingCommunity #writingtips DM for coaching and courses
New Zealand
Joined June 2020
I am no longer using X. If you want to contact me do so at my Substack:
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“you can be a different sort of man, a kinder, more generous one, than what you think you must be. ” — @Brock_toon
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Eight years ago, almost to the day, I wrote this about my hometown and how Trumpism can have so much purchase for beaten down people who…
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A sneak peak behind the Medium paywall: Eldest Daughter Syndrome is Trending on TikTok, But Disney Tackled it First https://t.co/2aO4fEu7oS
#eldestdaughtersyndrome #Encanto #TikTok #Siblings #musical #firstborn #pressure
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Encanto’s song “Surface Pressure” hit me hard this week
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Your Questions Answered About Christmas Down Under. And what's with eating kiwis? #Newzealand #Christmas2023
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Yes, It’s a Summer Christmas Here!
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When "Surface Pressure" is your theme song. Eldest daughter syndrome? Heck, yes. #Encanto #movies #daughter
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Encanto’s song “Surface Pressure” hit me hard this week
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Will you help me with a story? 1) Do you use alcohol to help you relax? 2) Would you feel relaxed at a party without drinking? If not, why not (social anxiety, talking to strangers, other reasons)?
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“People tend to think that it is simply passive wishful thinking: I hope something will happen but I’m not going to do anything about it. This is indeed the opposite of real hope, which requires action and engagement.” --Jane Goodall @JaneGoodallInst
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Since the introduction of ChatGPT I seem to have completely lost interest in social media. I don't want to read AI created tweets/posts/fake stories. What's the point?
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Comments like this are so encouraging and why I want to keep helping wonderful writers go even deeper with their writing, even when writing seems like a threatened career in the age of AI. AI can't tell powerful personal stories like we can.
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Help me with a story? We know people hate "hi" on dating apps. So, what's been the best opening lines you've received? And the worst! #dating #WritingCommunity #writersoftwitter
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“‘Expressive writing about trauma strengthens the immune system, decreases obsessive thinking, and contributes to the overall health of [the] writers.’” — Eleni Stephanides
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Doing so isn’t self-indulgent but a gift to others
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Just started reading this memoir and loving it.
On May 7th, 4:00pm (pst), AMCA features @allisonlanda , author of the remarkable new memoir: BEARDED LADY. Allison will be in conversation with author @JuliaScheeres. Register for this free, online event HERE: https://t.co/SP6FMLR4Zr
@maryvolmer @OrindaBooks @OrindaComChurch
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Loved this memoir! One of the best I've read (and I read a lot of memoir). https://t.co/TwrBqMdhAc via @goodreads #trevornoah #SouthAfrica #booktok #memoirs #WritingCommunity
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People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it woul...
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"People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” That’s the part of the analogy that’s missing." -Trevor Noah
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I'm shifting over to Substack Notes (mostly).
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You can never have too many ways to say "No"! "Pigs Will Fly Before You Find a More Creative Way of Saying ‘No’" by @MalkyMcEwan
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And that’s not hyperbole
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