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packbat ([personal profile] packbat) wrote2008-04-10 10:45 pm

Writer's Block: Spilling Secrets

What secret (your or someone else's) do you wish you'd done a better job of keeping?

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...I'm sorry, I have to ask: does Livejournal think I'm stupid? I'm not as careful as [livejournal.com profile] filthspigot about separating my LJ and personal lives, but what made them think that this question even made sense?

Let me break it down.

1. I have a secret.
2. I spill it, wholly or partially - a matter which is a source of personal guilt.
3. ???
4. I tell the entire world.

I mean, pardon me, but even I am not that lousy a prevaricator.

[identity profile] kadyg.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
What he said. I think it's a poorly worded question. Fr'instance: I knew about a pregnancy and spilled the beans a little early. The child who caused all the drama is now in middle school, so I think the need for discretion is over.

OTOH: if you had a secret you didn't want to keep, you could always air it now and blame LJ.

[identity profile] chanlemur.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 10:43 am (UTC)(link)
I totally wish I hadn't spilled the news about my friends' impending divorce to LJ at large in response to a poorly-worded writer's block question!

...D'oh!

[identity profile] packbat.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
*snickers*

[identity profile] packbat.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm ... how would you word it, though? I can't think of anything not grossly clumsy.