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On Writing and Selling Trauma, featuring Stephanie Foo

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How to Write About Trauma

Stephanie Coontz: I think a big part of the first part of my journey was thinking that I needed to go alone in a hole and heal myself. And it was working with Dr. Homm that sort of illuminated for me that you can't really do that. That's impossible. You have to trust through practice.coontz: Do you have any advice for writers who are circling extremely traumatic memories for tips about how to approach that kind of writing? coontz: Yeah, I just know a lot of people grapple with how to write about trauma so that our listeners would appreciate any any guidance you have.

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