Fierce Womxn Writing - Inspiring You to Write More

Lacy Crawford - Author of Notes on a Silencing, the memoir of a young woman's struggle to regain her sense of self after sexual assault, and the efforts of a powerful New England boarding school to silence her at any cost

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This week our guest is memoirist Lacy Crawford, author of the memoir Notes on a Silencing, the journalistic account of being sexual assaulted as a teenager at a private school that spent decades covering it up. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

  • Being compassionate with yourself when you are blocked
  • Giving up writing for periods of time
  • And more

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This Week’s Writing Prompt

Each week the featured author offers a writing prompt for you to use at home. I suggest setting a timer for 6 or 8 minutes, putting the writing prompt at the top of your page, and free writing whatever comes to mind. Remember, the important part is keeping your pen moving. You can always edit later. Right now we just want to write something new and see what happens.

This week’s writing prompt is: Choose an experience from your life, and instead of writing it beautifully, write it as cleanly, accurately, and honestly as you can.

Explore Womxn Authors

In this episode, the author recommended these womxn writers:

  • Meg Howrey, author of The Wanderers
  • Maggie Nelson, author of Bluets
  • Patricia Lockwood, author of Priestdaddy

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  • Episode 33: Melissa Valentine - Author of The Names of All the Flowers
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