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#HFGather: Sarah Aronson & Heidi Stemple Writer Chat

Apr 1, 2020 | HFGather, Inspiration, Jewish Voices, Poetry

Today’s #HFGather featured host Sarah Aronson and Heidi Stemple in conversation. They discussed:

  • Lessons learned from Tomie dePaola
  • Feedback as an invitation to open the door
  • Heidi’s oft-repeated tip: intentionality
  • How to organize your research
  • Celebrating your book’s half birthday
  • How deleting manuscripts helps Sarah wake up
  • How writing poetry can knock the cobwebs out
  • Working with non-standard narrative arcs

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