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How I Wrote "Into the Light"

A breakdown of how I wrote my award-winning story on a college swimmer who battled mental illness to win an NCAA championship.

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Brian Gabriel Canever
Jun 02, 2021
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How I Write: Into the Light

Last year, I won two awards for a story I wrote about Maddy Banic, a University of Tennessee swimmer who won a gold medal at the 2019 NCAA finals—her first and only national championship, in her last…

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