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Best of 2023 - Hot Takes and Shootin’ the Breeze with Adam Skolnick: Part Two

Why more writers need to set their stories in the real world.

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In this file Adam Skolnick and I discussed:

How Literary Critic & Publishing Insider Bethanne Patrick Writes: Part Two: The sui generis of the Colleen Hoover effect

How Award-Winning Climate Journalist Amy Westervelt Writes: Why more writers need to set their stories in the real world

How Booker Prize-Winning Author Anne Enright Writes: The moment of burnout that changed her career

How National Book Award Winner & Bestselling Author James McBride Writes: Why  some writers find no joy in being well-known

How #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Emily Henry Writes: Part Two: What it feels like to live inside a lightning strike

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