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Ch16. The emotional toll books can take on us when writing about trauma with Margaret McHeyzer

The Daring Press

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In chapter sixteen, we chat with  Margaret McHeyzer about the emotional toll books can take on us when writing about trauma. 

We chat about:

  • Margaret's journey with writing heavy trauma books
  • What inspired her to write about such heavy topics
  • How she supports herself after writing a heavy scene 
  • Top 5 tips for writing these scenes and books
  • How writing can help us heal from past trauma 

About Margaret:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OF UGLY AND MISTRUST. 𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.

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https://www.instagram.com/margaretmcheyzer/?hl=en 

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