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# Forget the Tortured Artist: They Don't Help Anyone and Least of All You
- URL: https://www.dojoactors.com/tortured-artist/
- Published: 2022-09-06T05:31:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-10T02:10:09.000Z
- Author: Tahlia Norrish

"Happy writes vanilla", our teacher told my friend. "Happy writes vanilla."

This was said in response to hearing that my friend, a writer, was "doing well". For one of the first times in his young adult life, he was experiencing a taste of peace and contentment. And prior to this comment, he was overjoyed by the revelation.

No doubt this advice was well-intentioned. My friend – who we’ll call Rob – is a unique and gifted writer, and perhaps our teacher was concerned he’d become complacent and let his talents go to waste. Yet, the phrase almost immediately became a destructive mantra.

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