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18.31: Getting Personal: Mining Your Life for Themes
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How to Mine Your Traumas for Themes
A lot of what we're talking about when we talk about mining your own life for themes is digging into your own traumas. I once made a joke to my own therapist that sometimes I feel like my job is sticking a crowbar into a writer's trauma and then pulling into a novel pop sound. "I would encourage you if you're doing this work to make sure that you are working with people who can support you in that"
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