Ask the Author: Virginia Sole-Smith
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Virginia Sole-Smith
Having the perfect justification for being an extremely nosey person who likes to know everybody's business.
Virginia Sole-Smith
Take every opportunity to write. Don't be precious about whether the assignment is a fit for your interests or your voice. The stories that seemed the most out of my comfort zone were the ones where I learned the most.
Virginia Sole-Smith
Whenever I'm interviewing someone, I'm listening for that quote or detail that makes their story come alive to me. It's usually something tiny; maybe they aren't even aware of how important it is. But that's where I start when I sit down to write.
Virginia Sole-Smith
I've written about women and body image for years. Then, in 2013, my newborn daughter Violet stopped eating as the result of intense medical trauma. It wasn't until I began trying to help her trust food that I realized that I didn't really trust it myself — that most of us are really struggling to feel good about how we eat.
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