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Melissa Valentine - Author of the memoir The Names of All the Flowers

Fierce Womxn Writing - Inspiring You to Write More

English - July 16, 2020 06:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
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This week our guest is memoirist Melissa Valentine, author of The Names of All the Flowers, which explores growing up mixed race in Oakland, being part of a family fractured by the school to prison pipeline, and losing her brother. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

Doing the writing first before anything elseWriting as a self-help toolAnd 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: Read two pages of any piece of literature and let it inspire you to write.

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In this episode, the author recommended these womxn writers:

Zora Neale Hurston, author of Dust Tracks on a RoadDorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of CarolinaRobin Coste Lewis, author of Voyage of the Sable VenusClarice Lispector, author of The Passion According to G.H.

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