Knowing When to Walk Away, Run, or Stay with That Novel You’re Writing

It’s been so long

Alison Acheson

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When I down-sized five years ago, moving from 2600 square feet to 1100, and getting rid of about 70% of belongings, I had to go through shelves and filing cabinets of old manuscripts. There were at least two full novels, some beginnings of more, and boxes of notebooks of ideas.

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Alison Acheson

My latest book is a memoir, Dance Me to the End: Ten Months and Ten Days With ALS. My newsletter is on Substack: THE UNSCHOOL FOR WRITERS.