Octavia E. Butler on Writing (From our 2000 recorded interview!)
Lifewriting: Write for Your Life!
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The First Science Fiction Writer to Get a Mc Arthur Grant
She wrote out what she wanted to accomplish, and she re read it every day. Octavia was the first science fiction writer to get a mc arthu genius grant. She struggled with depression, yet needed to read her statement about her life aloud so that some part of her could continue to believe that was possible.
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