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Season 20, episode 3.

This is writing excuses.

Polishing your writing lens.

I'm Howard.

I'm Mary Robinette.

I'm Don Juan. I'm Dan.

And I'm Aaron.

And we're going to be looking this season at the idea that we've been talking about these toolboxes,

but specifically one of the most important tools that a writer brings to their work is their own personal lens.

You've heard us say this before, that that's the thing that makes a story interesting,

is you, that no one else can write your story. that that's the thing that makes a story interesting, is you, that no one else

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