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#70: Excavating Internalized Biases, Part Two: Catching Bigotry Mid-Draft

November 21, 2017November 21, 2017 ~ Rose Fox ~ 6 Comments

It's challenging to have the desire to create works that cause minimal harm, paired with the certain knowledge that our writing incorporates our ignorance and erroneous beliefs.

#48: Writing Characters Who Share Your Identities

June 20, 2017August 19, 2017 ~ Rose Fox ~ 3 Comments

Don't try to tell an "authentic" story. Instead, tell an "inauthentic" truth.

#36: Excavating Internalized Biases

March 28, 2017November 19, 2017 ~ Rose Fox ~ 8 Comments

Draw on the best of the way the world is and has been, as well as your most optimistic hopes for what it could be. The real world is very unfair to those on the margins. Use your writing to make up for it.

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