Sue William Silverman Archive Review: WRITING HARD STORIES by Melanie Brooks Author: Guest Reviewer | Jan062017 Categories: Book Reviews, Critical Essays, Nonfiction, Writing Advice No comments Sharply written, these intimate and insightful exchanges dispel the myth that perhaps we all, writers or not, have come to believe about our own narratives, our own lives: “The worst story that we can tell ourselves is that we are alone.”