Fred Chappell, A Shadow All of Light "Epilogue"
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Fred Chappell talks about the wisdom of the old saying "write what you know."
Author & poet Fred Chappell talks about what writers do when they've already pulled all the stories they can from their personal background (“write what you know”) & where they go from there.
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Fred Chappell, A Shadow All of Light "Epilogue"
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Author & poet Fred Chappell talks about what writers do when they've already pulled all the stories they can from their personal background (“write what you know”) & where they go from there.
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