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" ‘Why did you put in all that stuff?’ he said. ‘You’ve turned what might have been a good book into journalism.’ What he said was true, but I could not have done otherwise."

George Orwell’s “Why I write” talks to me in a lot of ways. About how, why and what to write.

The is a constant struggle between the thought that, I also want to sound smart, reach more broader audience, write things simple in the current age of overcrowded information and very less attention span.

But there is a fear of letting yourself out, being exposed, with what you actually want to say in all the glory and vivid details you want to say it. About the difficult or niche topics which you know have only a niche audience. The struggle becomes apparent when you have to choose between the craft or to be the more acceptable version of what would actually give easier results. The tamed version of what you wanted it to be.

If you’re to go with what Paul Graham and others say on this, it would be easier to do this if you do this consistently, by writing more simple drafts which are shorter. The idea is to land the idea to as many people as you could. Which actually is also one point of writing. Or do you want to spreads the seeds for people who would grow into reading the complex, longer version of things which would have more details. A pure (or wilder) version of the idea you have, which you let it grow into. Taming it is easier than letting it flow organically into whatever form it wants to grow into. But that is the struggle with writing in the current age. Or is it the sheer egoism of mine which Mr. Orwell mentions about?

This is a good read.

https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/why-i-write/