Write-minded: Weekly Inspiration for Writers
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This week Write-minded wades into the important topic of writing about childhood trauma. Trauma is at the heart of many of our stories, whether you’re writing coming-of-age or only touching upon childhood stories in the context of specific memoir scenes (or raw material for fiction). Javier’s memoir, Solito, is a stunning book about his nine-week journey from El Salvador to the US as an unaccompanied minor when he was just nine years old. The original journey nearly killed him, and in this generous interview he speaks to how the journey of writing about his experience saved him.
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Memoirs That Risk Everything, featuring Eden Boudreau
The Art of Brevity, featuring Grant Faulkner
How Psychology Drives Good Fiction, featuring Ana Reyes
Making Art from Your Life, featuring Jeannine Ouellette
The Art of Revision, featuring Peter Ho Davies
True Inclusion in Book Publishing, featuring Rebekah Borucki
Discipline and the Writing Life, featuring Adriana Trigiani
Saving Reading, featuring Andrew Limbong
Getting Reinspired, Again, with Grant Faulkner and Brooke Warner
Having Fun with Book and Amazon Marketing, featuring Dave Chesson
A New Take on Climate Fiction, featuring Aya de León
No Wasted Words, featuring Sarah Manguso
Unexpected Creative Intersections and Influences, featuring Angie Cruz
Radical Fiction Packaged as a Trojan Horse, featuring Xochitl Gonzalez
Writing Racial Dynamics in YA fiction, featuring David Yoon
The Writer’s Ego, featuring Steve Almond
Craft-minded series: Trusting the Craft You Already Know, featuring Andrea Bartz
Craft-minded series: How or Whether to Evolve Your Aesthetic or Style, featuring Lan Samantha Chang
Craft-minded series: Reflection as a Way to Make Meaning in Memoir, featuring Prince Shakur
Craft-minded series: Placing Yourself in Broader Historical Contexts, featuring Danyel Smith
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