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Oscar Hokeah

Novelist of Literary Fiction

Day: July 6, 2018

#1 Writing Rule: Be Teachable

July 6, 2018September 9, 2020 Oscar Hokeah22 Comments

We writers area equal parts ego and vulnerable.  The cliché is to develop a “tough skin” over the years and be able to take criticism.  But we all think we’re geniuses, and we are. Brilliant beasts who are magical at hiding our softest parts behind a shield of “I already know” and “You just don’t understand the work.”

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