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Skip the Small Talk starts TODAY!
I hope you will join me this afternoon at 1 PM EST for Skip the Small Talk, a chance to burrow down straight to the heart of the matter, even if at the outset we have no idea what that is!
Rules of the Halfway House for Writers #5:
SKIP THE SMALL TALK. If there’s an elephant in the room, don’t spend too much time describing the wallpaper behind the couch it’s sitting on. You don’t need to waste your time or anyone else’s pretending everything is fine if it isn’t. Writing doesn’t have to be a cocktail party where everyone looks glamorous delivering witty one-liners. Get to the meat and potatoes. Don’t fill up on candied mints and forfeit the meal. Writing the truth in this way may feel awkward and messy and vulnerable but it’s a good way to bypass the fluff and cut out the fat. Readers yearn to connect with the truth. Practicing telling the emotional truth is a good way to write, and to live.
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Skip the Small Talk starts TODAY!
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