I e-mailed writer friends and I joined writers organizations.
Not exact matches
Writers then sent these two
e-mails to both
friends and strangers, each of whom rated the
e-mail for the same eight emotions, then wrote response
e-mails.
The researchers found that
writers are more confident their
friends can correctly interpret their
e-mails than strangers — and readers are more confident in interpreting
e-mails from
friends than strangers, as well.
That quote from Mary Oliver has been ringing in my head this past week, ever since I got an
e-mail from a
writer friend — a very, very talented
writer friend, who nevertheless is not writing.