Episode 114: Mixed Feelings - Lon Otto

The Writing University Podcast by The Writing University

Aug 9, 201956:30Technology

In creative writing, truth isn’t everything, but emotional truth almost is. Whatever the genre, however familiar or strange the situation or action, readers need to believe that the emotions in a piece of writing are tru...

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