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By putting my work out there, I learned to be comfortable with reaching “stopping points” on my stories, to summarize my stories and “pitch it”, to grapple with what the value of each story even is and if it’s really saying something interesting to anyone at all, and of course, to digest other people’s feedback … Read more

I have found the edge of the bell curve is where the essence of humanity rests. Paradoxically, people seem to find experiences at the extreme to be fundamentally “relatable” in their detail. Content advisory: This interview includes references to sexual assault. What motivated / motivates you to write? As a college student, I wrote poetry … Read more

I need to write like I need to breathe. It’s not about intention—it’s just what I do. Would you please tell us a little about your writing process?  God, I hate answering this question — it’s so broad. But generally, my writing process goes like this: I start with a basic outline, then I write … Read more

I write to give names to those extremes, to let my insides keep up with the outside world. Chaos is uncomfortable, and writing makes sense of the chaos. Would you please tell us a little about your writing process? I like to finish it from the start. I know it sounds counter-productive, but the biggest … Read more