{"id":13751,"date":"2025-04-03T01:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T08:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=13751"},"modified":"2025-04-02T13:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T20:19:09","slug":"write-what-is-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/write-what-is-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Write What Is True"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"359\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cittenfeld.Show_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13752\" style=\"width:120px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cittenfeld.Show_.jpg 359w, https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cittenfeld.Show_-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t write what sounds clever, write what\u2019s true.\u201d \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethancanin.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ethan Canin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excerpted from \u201cNovelist <a href=\"https:\/\/curtissittenfeld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Curtis Sittenfeld<\/a> Thinks Middle Age is Underrated,\u201d by Lane Florsheim, The Wall Street Journal, March 1-2, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sittenfeld continued with, \u201cThat\u2019s good advice for writing, but it\u2019s also good advice for how to be a person. It can be hard to be sincere, but I think you have a much greater chance of connection with others if you are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note From Marlene: You know what I say . . . Just Write!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, what if you can\u2019t remember what\u2019s true?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWrite as honestly as you can about whatever it is.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/memoir-writing-for-clarity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abigail Thomas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/perhaps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Perhaps<\/a>\u201d is another blog post that might help when you can\u2019t quite remember exactly what happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know what to do . . .Just Write!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDon\u2019t write what sounds clever, write what\u2019s true.\u201d \u2014Ethan Canin Excerpted from \u201cNovelist Curtis Sittenfeld Thinks Middle Age is Underrated,\u201d by Lane Florsheim, The Wall Street Journal, March 1-2, 2025 Sittenfeld continued with, \u201cThat\u2019s good advice for writing, but it\u2019s also good advice for how to be a person. 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