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Write
Know
What You
Wr t ng a cancer narrat ve can
prov de emot onal heal ng.
By Jessica Lawlor
Photos by Amy Smith
A
merican writer and Nobel Prize laureate
William Faulkner once said, "If a story
is in you, it has got to come out."
Many who have experienced cancer
and the journey through treatment and survi-
vorship emerge with an amazing story to tell—a
story that, when shared, might just provide heal-
ing for the writer and for others facing a diagno-
sis. Experts agree that the process of writing can
be very therapeutic for those fghting cancer.