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Episode 10 · Monday · the why

On green-lighting yourself.

Legitimacy cannot be bestowed. You have to take it.

Date Duration 40 min Format Monday · the why

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On the structural reasons writers wait for permission that isn't coming, and what it actually looks like to begin without it. The episode draws from Brooke Warner's argument that legitimacy is claimed, not granted, and applies it to the specific decisions writers face this week.

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