is one of the biggest lies I have ever heard.

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The advice you can get as a prospective writer from other writers and editors can sometimes be really, really bad. One of such claims is that no one wants to read your personal stories and know about what you went through unless you are Rihanna. I couldn’t disagree with this more. I don’t care one bit about Rihanna but I do care to read original stories by people I’ve never heard of.

These are the stories that can move me to tears, for they are the tales of people I can relate to. They give me a chance to peek into somebody else’s life and see how it feels to be them. And it’s not just me — publishing personal essays has become a trend and you can even get paid for it by numerous mainstream publications that have devoted whole sections to personal essays.

The power of personal story should never be underestimated. Telling and listening to stories is in our blood. We need it. As a species, we have an intrinsic need to share our adventures and insights with each other. That’s how we learn, broaden our perspective, and become able to better understand and appreciate each other’s differences. It has absolutely nothing to do with being famous as some sort of a prerequisite.

Never listen to anyone who tells you that you shouldn’t be telling your story because no one cares. To hell with that, tell it anyway!

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