We can tie ourselves in knots worrying about what other people will think of what we write, but that only keeps us from doing the writing we wish to do.

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If you want to learn how to pen a sad story in such a way that it is a gift to its readers, this is your book.

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I'm sometimes asked who "owns" a story and who "gets to write" a story with multiple players, some of whom may not want the story to be written.

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Memoir writing and fiction writing use many of the same techniques and require similar considerations, questions and investigations.

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Writers often hover above the books they're reading. We are paying attention to the story itself, of course, but we also have an eye on what the writer is doing and how.

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