Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Peppermint-flavored teaberries and sun-warmed wild strawberries. Some authors do this using footnotes, like Tara Westover. And being upfront about what you do—and don’t—remember is what will give your narrative authority and authenticity. Whatever it was, those leaves called to me, the pastel pink so like sugar cookie icing.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

For example, when you think about flavors of ice cream, do you think of smooth vanilla, sweet strawberry, creamy chocolate, luscious caramel swirl, and crunchy rocky road? Sweet strawberry. Instead of the previous sentence, do this: When you think about flavors of ice cream, do you think of: Smooth vanilla. Creamy chocolate.

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