Journalism is writing that first appears in any periodic journal.
Memoir is the art of inventing the truth.
Telling a writer to relax is like telling a man to relax while being prodded for a possible hernia.
Writing is a craft not an art.
Donโt try to visualize the great mass audience. There is no such audienceโevery reader is a different person.
If you lose the dullards back in the dust, that's where they belong. You don't want them anyway.