Writing
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The Shit Sandwich.
At some point in learning to workshop and critique, we come across something called the Shit Sandwich. The Shit Sandwich is basically this: when you critique someone’s work, start with something good (the bread). Then tell them the problems (the meat… er, sandwich filling). Then end on a good note (more bread.) I had another…
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How to Make it as a Writer
Recently, a writer asked me for advice on how to “get there”, the implication being that I was somehow ‘there’ and she was somewhere else, trying to figure out how to break through the forest and get to this magical clearing of thereness. My question, hearing this, was “Where is ‘there’?” As an emerging writer,…
Sonal Champsee 