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Fatherly feelings

Free-range writing is personal writing – no one else will ever read it, and that makes it a safe space for exploring topics that could spark strong emotions. Father’s Day falls in June and whatever your relationship with your own father or the men who have been father figures in your life, writing about fathers could get emotional.

Don’t be afraid to feel the feelings. As the American poet Robert Frost said, ‘No tears in the writer,

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