Sketch the Shape of Your Story, and Other Tricks to Jumpstart Your Writing

Introducing a new series on writing hacks

Sarah Stankorb
8 min readJul 13, 2021

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Over the coming weeks, writer Sarah Stankorb offers a window into her process. She insists there’s no singular way to approach writing, but sometimes it helps to borrow other writers’ methods.

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Sarah Stankorb

Sarah Stankorb has published with The Washington Post, Marie Claire, Glamour, O, and The Atlantic (among others). @sarahstankorb www.sarahstankorb.com