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Sep 15, 2023·edited Sep 15, 2023Liked by Summer Koester

Welcome to Substack!

I'm still trying to figure out who/what I am as a writer, but I can say I've always been pretty brutally honest. I was a standup comedian for seven years and I'll never forget when one of my mentors told me, "you're not a true comedian unless you can pull your pants down on stage."

I'm pretty sure she meant metaphorically.

It helped so much. Instead of trying to write what would make the crowd laugh, I wrote myself...then punched it up. It worked so much better, and helped me connect with the audience.

As for my writing, it's funny you mentioned the author that corrects herself in her text. I do that shit all the time. In my writing, yes, but also in everything else. In email. In texts. I'm a mortgage broker by trade and when I'm texting a Realtor I mat say something like, "the appraisal was ordered on Monday, no wait, it was performed on Monday. We ordered it last week." I'm pretty sure 99 people out of a hundred would just delete the original error, but I want to be honest. I want my writing to be conversational. Even in my profession.

Now, I just need to figure out if I'm a humorist, an essayist, or a fiction writer.

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I love that. The other day, I was thinking: comedy is just honesty plus surprise. What could be more honest and surprising than pulling your pants down on the stage? And it cracks me up when people have no filter/are honest and divulge their interior thoughts, like "the appraisal was ordered last week. Just kidding. Yesterday." or whatever, like the example you mention. And like you said, people can relate and connect to that! Regarding your title, what about fic-humor-sayist? Fichumorsayist. Rolls right off the tongue.

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Hahaha...not sure that really rolls off the tongue. :D

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Oct 8, 2023Liked by Summer Koester

I loved this a lot! Happy to have found you here.

Just forwarded your account to my friend Erica - I think you two would make great friends haha

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Awesome, Kat, thanks so much! Happy to have found you as well.

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Greetings Nature Women. I decided that I needed to start at the beginning and I am glad I did. If this is not a lead in to who you are then it proves I am lost in the woods :).

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Hahaha you found my Lidia Yuknavitch post! Someone ended up sharing this post with her and she re-shared it! Such an honor

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Feb 25Liked by Summer Koester

🙂I’m reading your work without any order. I followed you because you followed me (I don’t know why, as I don’t write much), but the more I read the more I am following you in my heart 💙

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Hi Summer.. what a lovely name and what a great and honest writing.

Glad to discover your stuff. Thank you

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Thanks for reading Joe. Happy to have you here!

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This seems real, raw, and relevant. Please be so.

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I adore The Chronology of Water. My copy is lit up with highlighter. Welcome to Substack!

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Thank you! I originally downloaded her book on Kindle, and then I had to go buy a copy so I could scribble all over it!

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So glad you stopped by, because now I discovered you! Caught myself laughing a few times, and nodding my head yes. Look forward to reading more of your creative work.

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Yay! Thanks so much for stopping by, Demian!

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Lidia's writing is honest and amazing. Loved this essay BTW

Been trying to untangle deep truth for myself

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Thank you, Tammy! Lidia is the GOAT! Also, a friend emailed and said, "Don't forget it's the truth the way YOU see it," which I guess means there are many truths....

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