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Welcome to Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s Sitting in Silence, the podcast about writing, craft, worry & joy. Thanks to everyone for making this space one of the most popular on Substack. Last week, we reached #64 Rising in Literature!

Today is the second in this year’s run of my popular writing craft series. Last summer, I began the Quick Hitter Series project,…