Alia Hanna Habib

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The Shit No One Tells You About Writing · Shooting the Shit With Special Guest Alia Hanna Habib · 13 Jul 2026 podcast

I really wanted you to also know what you learned.

And that's why I did the takeaways at the end.

So that way you could read it on a couple of different levels.

So a fair amount of thought went into the format.

You're putting me on the spot.

Here's a question that I think will be helpful to writers, which is what did you learn about the writing process while writing the book, which is different than what surprised you.

So this is my writing advice, which I couldn't have known until I wrote my book.

I had a really hard time writing the books

first chapter, which in my book is the first chapter I wrote for my sample for selling the book is on querying, pitching articles and essays.

That was easy to write.

I know that really well.

That was fun to write.

Second chapter is about education.

It's about MFA programs, journalism school, whether or not to do graduate degree.

And that was challenging because that was the only chapter that I don't have super direct experience with.

I wasted six months of my life trying to write that chapter.

And it was like right after the divorce, I was a mess.

And I honestly thought, I can't finish this book.

What am I going to do?

It's going to be so embarrassing.

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