Koalas, Blowback and Ick Factor: Finding Ways to Write From the Heart

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Chris AbouzeidFollow

Abstract

At a reading many years ago, Tobias Wolff (award winning author of In the Garden of the North American Martyrs and This Boy’s Life) talked about the fear factor in writing. Good writing, he said, the best writing, should make the author nervous. Actually, he didn’t use the word nervous. He said “scared”—as in, “Do I really want to know this about myself? Do I want the world to know this about me? Oh my god, is it too late to buy up all the copies and burn them?!”

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Recommended Citation

Abouzeid, Chris (2020) "Koalas, Blowback and Ick Factor: Finding Ways to Write From the Heart," The Review Review: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 34.
DOI: 10.33972/trr.68
Available at: https://repository.gonzaga.edu/trr/vol1/iss1/34