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Write From Where You Are
- Greta says deep roots give writers a topography to draw from.
- She credits Joan Didion for showing that you can write about your hometown.
Joan Didion Gave Permission To Write Locally
- Greta recounts a Joan Didion passage that captured Sacramento's small-town dismissal.
- She says that passage gave her permission to write honestly about where she's from.
Daily Compulsion To Write
- Greta keeps boxes of notes and must jot things daily to feel lived.
- She says not writing makes her feel like she hasn't existed that day.