Writing for Weird Times by Amy Guth

Writing for Weird Times by Amy Guth

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Familiar/unfamiliar

Familiar/unfamiliar

Either/or

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Oct 08, 2020
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As an exercise, write about an area of your expertise…. (and don’t “I’m no expert” me. Everyone has expertise in something; don’t be afraid of that word. The world uses it whether you rise up to it or not)…

Anyway, write about an area of your expertise, and write in such a way that you make the familiar unfamiliar, or the unfamiliar familiar.

Example: ex…

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