Writing Stories
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Writing Stories
"You Don't Suck" — Lidia Yuknavitch tells the story of Reading the Waves
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Brianna Avenia-Tapper
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Season 4
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Episode 49
In this episode, Lidia talks about
-story-telling space as a magical shape-shifting place of healing and growth
-how to talk to yourself when your writing is lousy
- pillow forts
- creative coping strategies
-being trained to retell the same story
-how we and our stories change over time
-writing a fable from something that happened to you
Find out more about Lidia here