Yesterday, I had this thought and decided to share it, thinking I was being both original and clever.
The main problem with the #amwriting hashtag is that you’re not. You’re tweeting.
— Jamie Todd Rubin (@jamietr) May 7, 2014
According to ThinkUp, it was a pretty popular Tweet for me:
and it drew a lot of response, certainly more than I usually get for any one tweet. Someone made the connection to the fact that instead of using the #amwriting hashtag, I’ve been going with the #iwrote hashtag. I responded that was exactly why I did it. At the same time, I offered that I couldn’t complete credit for it:
@jessekoepke I can’t take complete credit for that. It was inspired by @jocastlemiller, but I don’t remember how. 🙂
— Jamie Todd Rubin (@jamietr) May 7, 2014
I couldn’t remember the exact context of how this came up with Joanna, but she chimed in and reminded me.
@jamietr @jessekoepke It’s from this tweet/post! http://t.co/GnpVSFMnh9 Now go write!
— Joanna Castle Miller (@jocastlemiller) May 7, 2014
When I went to see the link she’d pointed me to, what I saw was this, from back in December:
Fellow writer friends, I love you. But I hate the hashtag #amwriting . Yes, you #arewriting . You’re writing a tweet. Now get back to work.
— Joanna Castle Miller (@jocastlemiller) December 13, 2013
And thus I was reminded of one thing and learned another:
- I am not nearly as original or clever as I like to think I am.
- Joanna Castle Miller deserves all of the credit for any insight and cleverness in yesterday’s tweet. But blame me if you found it unclever or annoying.
I really did think I had an original thought yesterday, and I was disheartened to learn that (a) I didn’t, and (b) I basically stole an original thought Joanna had. I’m sorry about that. Fortunately, making mistakes is how I learn best.
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