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Podcast: Real Authors In Real Time
Episode: Strategies for Writing About Personal Trauma
Description: Guest:Â Dr. Janyne McConnaughey, author of award-winning Trauma in the Pews and nationally known trauma-informed author and advocate.
Janyne speaks on her challenges and strategies of writing about one's personal trauma so that the reader is affirmed and not re-traumatized. How much do you share? When to name names? How to honor your loved ones? How to show your readers they’re not alone without over-exposing or retraumatizing yourself? And how do you avoid making enemies of the people you want to help? If you’re a writer or author who wants to share your experiences and a hea...