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Digging for Treasure

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Apr 22, 2024
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I spend a lot of time with writers working on what might one day be their first book. We drill into what they want to say, to whom and why, and we usually find a lot more story than they expected along the way.

Pulling it out from where it was hiding is very often a deeply emotional experience. It’s almost always about…

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