Writing from pain: the whys and the hows

Update: 2022-12-08

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How do you write about mental health and class in a way that is tempered by time but still raw? Should you even go there? SBS Writers' Competition highly commended winners Gemma Tamock, Sidney Norris and Alexander Burton discuss how the competition theme of 'emergence' led them to unpack real life experiences in a way that was both cathartic and compelling.

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Writing from pain: the whys and the hows

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Writing from pain: the whys and the hows

Writing from pain: the whys and the hows