I recently led a writing workshop at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, and talked to students about finding the meaning in their stories and going deep – while at the same time writing in a simple and clear way. Here are some tips. FINDING THE STORY Every story has its surface-level meaning. Let’s say the surface [...]
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