Accepting the Personal in the Personal Essay In this week’s “Revision Diary,” I am offering an account of how writer Mary Ann Payne and I worked from a journal entry to a finished essay. Mary Ann told me that often when she tries to write an essay from a journal entry, she is unhappy with
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About Mary Ann Payne
Mary Ann Payne is a wordsmith who gathers ideas from people and groups and refines them into written documents. To pay the rent, she writes grant proposals, edits newsletters, and designs marketing brochures for non-profit organizations. To feed her soul, she reads voraciously and writes poetry and personal essays. She continues to receive royalties for Grant Writing DeMystified .
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