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Why It’s Helpful to Take a Creative Writing Workshop

Confession: when I signed up for my first novel writing workshop, I didn't think it would be that helpful. Really, I signed up as a last resort. When I hit a roadblock trying to turn Hyggely Ever After from a rom-com into women's fiction, my confidence crumbled. I doubted myself as a writer, and I doubted I could make my story into the version I knew it could be.  As you all remember, I threw in the towel and decided to shelve the manuscript....