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Susan DeFreitas

Susan DeFreitas

The Goldilocks Principle of Interiority

There are a lot of things in life where either too much or too little won’t work, and when it comes to fiction, interiority is definitely…

4 min readApr 16, 2021

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The Goldilocks Principle of Interiority

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Susan DeFreitas

Embracing Vulnerability

This week, I had the pleasure of attending Lisa Cron’s virtual launch for Story or Die: How to Use Brain Science to Engage, Persuade, and…

3 min readMar 10, 2021

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Embracing Vulnerability

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Susan DeFreitas

A Book What?

Tell people you’re a book coach and you’ll get some questions: What is that, exactly? And what’s the difference between book coaching and…

3 min readFeb 13, 2021

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a coach helping a man do push ups

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Susan DeFreitas

NO CONFLICT BUT IN SCENES

The poet William Carlos Williams said, “No ideas but in things.” It’s a refrain from a poem, and as such, Williams made no particular…

5 min readDec 11, 2020

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Two white birds flying above water — it looks like they could be in conflict.

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Susan DeFreitas

What Writers Get Wrong About Plot

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working with teen writers through Interlochen Online, the Covid-era version of the Interlochen Center…

7 min readJul 17, 2020

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What Writers Get Wrong About Plot

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Susan DeFreitas

Decolonizing Creative Writing: 6 Guidelines for Teachers, Freelance Editors, and Book Coaches…

I don’t have a single BIPOC or gay writer friend who hasn’t experienced trauma in a creative writing setting — and it infuriates me.

9 min readJun 19, 2020

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Decolonizing Creative Writing:
6 Guidelines for Teachers, Freelance Editors, and Book Coaches…

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Susan DeFreitas

Backstory: Sometimes the Way Forward Is the Way Back

There’s a point in one my favorite movies from childhood, Labyrinth, where the young heroine, frustrated at her lack of progress through…

5 min readMar 11, 2020

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Backstory: Sometimes the Way Forward Is the Way Back

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Susan DeFreitas

Standing Rock, Malheur, and the Long Shadow of Colonialism

Even amid the flurry of efforts to promote my first book, even amid the roar of the election season and its various outrages, Standing Rock…

7 min readOct 31, 2016

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Standing Rock, Malheur, and the Long Shadow of Colonialism

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Susan DeFreitas

On Becoming a Debut Novelist

No one could tell me the right way to enter the commercial marketplace because no one knew what the right way was.

7 min readMar 9, 2016

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On Becoming a Debut Novelist

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Susan DeFreitas

Susan DeFreitas

Susan DeFreitas is an award-winning author, as well as a freelance editor and book coach specializing in socially engaged fiction. http://bit.ly/2Q5oQiO

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