Nobody In Any Classroom Ever Said, "What If No One Reads My Book?"
What formal education gives you, what it doesn't, and why a commercial failure was the most expensive and useful writing education I've ever received.
I studied English in school. Drama and Theatre at university, with English electives and a screenwriting module. After graduating, I took multiple skills-based writing courses - copywriting, content strategy, and freelance writing. I've been formally educated in words from every angle the system offers.
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Ellen Frances
Daily five-minute reads about writing — discipline, doubt, and the reality of taking the work seriously without burning out. https://linktr.ee/ellenfranceswrites
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