Dear Pepper is an advice-column comic by Liana Finck. If you have questions for Pepper, the advice-giving dog, about how to act in difficult situations, please direct them to dearpepperquestions@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for brevity and clarity.
Dear Pepper,
I write incessantly in my journal. It is easier for me to write my truth than to speak it. I like to imagine that I’m working toward writing a memoir concerning something no one really knows about (so, a confession, an offering of truth).
My worry: Am I really a writer, or is this consuming project just my form of therapy, a desire to show my real self and beg for acceptance and love? If that’s what it is, does it deserve to be read by others? It feels awfully self-serving.
Pepper, thanks for taking the time to try to decipher my question (even that is helpful!).
