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Write of things you love
Three years ago, I spent a week in Shropshire and finally began to write of things I loved. These were memories of the farm I grew up on. For years, they’d been fidgeting as I sat down to work on … Continue reading
Posted in Essay, Memoir
Tagged Arvon, Creative writing, editing, Fiction, Gabriela Blandy, how to write, Memoir, The Hurst, Writing, writing advice, Writing process
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