Debunking the Myth of the Solitary Author
No one does anything alone in this world. It takes collaboration, support, and community to make anything happen.
That's why I get so frustrated with the endless perpetuation of the myth of the solitary author.
You know what I am talking about: the writer who goes out into the woods alone with nothing but a typewriter and a bottle of whiskey, and then, months later, returns from their cabin of solitude with a masterpiece of a manuscript underneath their arm and ready for publication.
As lovely a story as that sounds, it's not how books are made.
In this episode of The Writing Coach podcast…
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