Nothing trains you better to write fiction than being really good at writing about your own interiority.
I don't think being a lawyer is more or less valuable than being a writer. - Emily Gould
I don't think being a lawyer is more or less valuable than being a writer.
- Emily Gould
I think that people are generally really terrible at being ambassadors of their own work. - Emily Gould
I think that people are generally really terrible at being ambassadors of their own work.
No one ever addresses the possibility that a writer might not like her book. - Emily Gould
No one ever addresses the possibility that a writer might not like her book.
When you write in the third person, you get to imagine other people's interiority. - Emily Gould
When you write in the third person, you get to imagine other people's interiority.
If a woman writes about herself, she’s a narcissist. If a man does the same, he’s describing the human condition. But people seem to evaluate your … - Emily Gould
If a woman writes about herself, she’s a narcissist. If a man does the same, he’s describing the human condition. But people seem to evaluate your …
Unless your aim is to deceive, there's not a meaningful distinction between memoir and fiction. They're marketing categories. - Emily Gould
Unless your aim is to deceive, there's not a meaningful distinction between memoir and fiction. They're marketing categories.
I can look back and recognize the things I've done and said that were wrong: unethical, gratuitously hurtful, golden-rule-breaking, et cetera. Someti… - Emily Gould
I can look back and recognize the things I've done and said that were wrong: unethical, gratuitously hurtful, golden-rule-breaking, et cetera. Someti…
Nothing trains you better to write fiction than being really good at writing about your own interiority. - Emily Gould
To some extent the shorter the writing assignment is, the harder it is to accomplish, and a blurb is 200 words max. Blurbs are meaningless, and actua… - Emily Gould
To some extent the shorter the writing assignment is, the harder it is to accomplish, and a blurb is 200 words max. Blurbs are meaningless, and actua…
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