20/8/2012



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Roxane Gay is Spelled With One "N": How to Be a Contemporary Writer

roxanegay:

1. Read diversely.

2. Write.

3. See items 1 and 2.

4. Accept that there is no one way to make it as a writer and that the definition of making it is fluid and tiered.

5. Accept that sometimes literary success is political and/or about who you know and that’s not likely to change. Yes,…

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    Yes to pretty much all of this.
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    This. This everyday.
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    Great writing/publishing/perspective advice.