Reading to Write Better (A Guest Post by Paulette Perhach)
Paulette Perhach is a writing coach and author I met at AWP this year. Here's what she had to say about reading like a writer.
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I do write notes but I can't write on books. I like my books to be pristine. The thought of writing on them horrifies me.
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I can't even open them never alone write on them, but I highlight on Kindle. Off to explore if I can type notes too!
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