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Fantasies of the Writing Lifestyle: How to Get Real about What to Expect

Fantasies of the Writing Lifestyle: How to Get Real about What to Expect

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Jan 04, 2019
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A colleague sent me two fascinating articles recently about the reasonable and unreasonable expectations we writers have of the writing life.

The first is a funny-sad yet informative article by writers Rosalie Knecht from Lit Hub (link here) about the colorful fantasy some have of the writing life.   

She likens some writers' fantasies of the creative li…

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