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.W.o.W. #12

Taína

What is your writing Kryptonite?

Endings.

What is the toughest writing decision you have made?

This is different from day-to-day. I battle self-doubt regularly. Some days the toughest decision I make is just to write. Other days there’s cutting things you thought your piece would die without.

What does your inner writing voice tell you?

She says a lot of things, all at the same time. She’s like a three year old with a constant stream of jabber who only wants to talk to me when I’m doing something that prevents me from listening, like when I’m on the phone or having a conversation with another adult.

Taína joined the Yellow Arrow family with “Killing Ty” in Vol. V, No. 1 RESILIENCE. You can learn more about Taína and her Taíno roots at tainawrites.com or on Instagram @TainaconCurls.

You can also watch Yellow Arrow, Tatiana Figueroa Ramirez, Taína, Gabriela Orozco, and Barbara Perez Marquez (one of our 2020 Writers-in-Residence), celebrating Latino voices with Latino writers during Highlandtown’s First Friday Art Walk from May 1 for Virtual Voces Latinas. The video is available here.