Archive for August 2011
Sisters and Writing What You Know
(I wrote this for a guest spot on Teresasreadingcorner blog.) Readers often assume that novels are, at least in part, autobiographical, perhaps because writing instructors through the ages have compelled writers to “write what they know,” i.e., their own lives. I once wrote a short story about a hairdresser. My professor asked me if I’d…
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