writing for myself gives me a freedom that could be compromised if I tried to write for others.

I think you can still keep that freedom, even when your writing ends up reaching someone else. You don’t have to cater or edit for anyone else’s expectations. You start from within -your feelings, your truths, your view of things.

Then you shape it a little - just enough for someone else to maybe see something in it too. Nothing’s compromised. It’s not selling out. It’s just letting someone walk with you a little.

I like it when at least one person who reads what I write tells me something interesting that helps me see something I hadn't seen before.

It's magic.