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.
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#48: Writing Characters Who Share Your Identities
Don't try to tell an "authentic" story. Instead, tell an "inauthentic" truth.
#36: Excavating Internalized Biases
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.
