How I Wrote My Way to Cancer Survivorship

How I Wrote My Way to Cancer Survivorship

The first time I heard Lin-Manuel Miranda sing the words, “I wrote my way out,” in his musical Hamilton, my body awakened. I knew exactly what he meant. Born a writer, I wove tales of animal capers for my elementary school classmates. In middle school, I wrote poetry. High school’s persuasive papers and college essays helped me find home: journalism. The field is both an art form and a storied field of human communication. Studying it sharpened …