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Brad Listi · Jul 6, 2026

The Hidden Curriculum of Being a Writer

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Writing is only part of becoming a writer.

When you start out as a writer, people usually tell you to read. And they tell you to write. (Not bad advice!)

If you’re lucky, they teach you how to revise a sentence, build a scene, or sharpen dialogue.

Obviously all of that matters.

But writing the book, while central, is only part of it.

The rest—the larger, stranger curriculum—is mostly invisible.

No on…

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