In this video, Melissa Wyatt and I cover a lot of ground.

Here are some of the major things we talk about:

• 01:25: Where she’s from
• 04:05 Defining rural
• 07:12 Becoming a writer
• 08:24 Crafting people and places that aren’t where you’re from
• 10:14 Who gets to write rural stories
• 14:31 Disrupting and nuancing dominant narratives
• 21:30 Considering narratives of leaving, class, & rurality
• 34:24 What she likes to read
• 41:47 Her writing process
• 53:59 Advice to writers