Half measures to describe half emotions only evoke half feelings.
And this should never happen with writing.
Your words must pierce through the emotions of those who read you like harpoons, and with the hook, you must latch onto them and pull them with you to the other side, where you wait calmly.
Lukewarm words, poorly reheated in the microwave, with a cold center, are useless, depressing an already gray dinner. They drive readers away.
Choose a raw syntax, but let it be known that you can cook like a Michelin-starred chef.
Exaggerate, use words violently. If you don’t, someone else will do it for you.
And at that point, at night, you’ll have to deal with your regrets.
Even in comments, forget about half-hearted words and half-hearted attempts to congratulate.
What you’ve read pleases you a lot. Really, a lot. It’s superior.
No one will ever tell you that you’ve overdone it. And if they do, it will only be a polite way of thanking you.
Instead, they will point out that you were too mild. They’ll do it with a pale, silent Like, leaving you in a corner, timid and dazed by the noise of the party orbiting around you.
Let yourself be betrayed by enthusiasm. Show it when you write and when you interact. Don’t be afraid to go overboard.
If you don’t overdo it now, when will you? Are you waiting to be a multi-award-winning writer to feel free to write like a raging river?
Don’t ask yourself, how do I become good? Ask yourself, how did I get this good?
You don’t have to write.
You have to sell dreams.