I don't want to build an audience, I just want to write

I commonly hear people claim that "blogging is dead" but I disagree. Yes, short-form video is eating the world and our attention spans have taken a direct hit, but long-form blogging is alive and well. The growth of the small web movement continues, and the rise of Substack is another case in point, but it's not all good news. There are too many forces pulling us away from focusing on the writing.Substack has been a major force in the blogging resurgence. It has generally been a good internet...